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Another study found firearm homicides per million:
Canada 0.60
United States 6.29
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Warning - misleading statistic. To properly compare the two nations, you would need to divide the rates between rural and urban areas. You would, IMO, find similar death rates in rural areas and a higher death rate in US cities than Canadian cities. Considering how much more dense and numerous US urban areas are than Canadian urban areas, you would have a fair explanation of how this statistic comes about.
But, of course, taking guns away from people will lower the homicide rate. Taking cars away will lower the number of drunk driving fatality rates, too. So will taking alcohol away. Removing knives from the population will certain decrease deaths due to stabbing. And, cutting everyone's eyes out would certainly hurt the pornography industry.
