Guns Laws Around The World

[Godwynn]

The Economist

Infer what you want.

But Kudos to Germany for having the lowest death rate (on the graph).

The death rate in Britain, which banned handguns following a school shooting in 1996, is 0.1 for every 100,000 people.

 

[pacesplace]

I wonder how those other people that would be included if the death rate were 10/100,000 died.

 

[holy king]

I wonder how those other people that would be included if the death rate were 10/100,000 died.

wha the hell are you trying to say?

 

[emzie]

Handguns? In my Canada?

You need a good reason to be approved. Like being an armoured car driver.

 

[Godwynn]

I wonder how those other people that would be included if the death rate were 10/100,000 died.

Thank god that was clear and easily decipherable.

 

[holy king]

in austria you need to be part of a sport shooter's club or hunter...

 

[Labtec600]

What % of the population actually own a gun? Whats the death rate of other weapons?

 

[Masquerouge]

I think what it clearly shows is that there is no correlation between gun laws and crime rate.

Japan is missing on that list too. I think they have a pretty nonexistent gun-related crime rate.

 

[GinandTonic]

Meh, ban em. Sure you are going to tell me that our ban isnt the reason why the US rate is... what is 10.2 - 0.1 as a percentage? A thousand percent higher?

 

[emzie]

Meh, ban em. Sure you are going to tell me that our ban isnt the reason why the US rate is... what is 10.2 - 0.1 as a percentage? A thousand percent higher?

Brazil and South Africa have longer wait times than the US. Did that bring down their murder rate?

The prevalence of guns isn't the only issue here.

 

[Gigaz]

Quite intersting. It proofs that the gun restriciton laws don't have much influence on the gun deaths.

 

[holy king]

this chart says next to nothing about the actual laws and nothing about gun distribution.

it's practically useless...

 

[MrPopov]

gun violence costs, including medical expenses, lost wages, and security costs, total about $100 billion a year in US

http://books.google.com/books?id=g9OanKJ41ZwC&dq=gun+violence+the+real+costs&pg=PP1&ots=So-sYjvV_t&sig=PY_OgYKIX4E_UNHxFRVqLDbP5uU&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result

but as far as banning handguns? Not ever likely to really make a difference. Studying Washington DC's ban of handguns in 1975 reveals that while murder rates did drop, in 1991 they skyrocketed when crack cocaine arrived in the city. People in DC who wanted to get a handgun could at that time clearly.

National Academy of Sciences found "no conclusive evidence" regarding the impact of the ban. source: page 97 and 98

banning the manufacture and sale of bullets will not likely result in any change either.

That same Academy of Sciences publication also found no link between "right-to-carry" laws and a reduction in crime rate either however so it's also not simply a case of bringing more guns to the streets to deter crime.

 

[Tycoon101]

How many of those gun deaths are suicides? Last I checked, they were the leading causes of gun deaths in the USA.

 

[Masquerouge]

Quite intersting. It proofs that the gun restriciton laws don't have much influence on the gun deaths.

The opposite is true also.

Basically, gun laws, or the absence of them, have not much to do with gun deaths.

 

[GinandTonic]

Would 10,200% be right? Never was any good at percentages.

 

[Integral]

Infer what you want.

I can't infer anything from that small of a sample size.

 

[Bugfatty300]

How many of those gun deaths are suicides? Last I checked, they were the leading causes of gun deaths in the USA.

I believe more than half of the "gun deaths" in the USA are suicides. 700 are accidents and the rest are murders, police shootings, and legal self-defense.

On top of that the vast majority of murders (with firearms or not) are criminal on criminal and usually drug related.

Of course you'll never see "gun deaths" broke down like that. Anti-gun-ownership organizations only want you to only see one huge number and hint that all of the "victims of guns" are innocent babies and bystanders.

 

[Shekwan]

I believe more than half of the "gun deaths" in the USA are suicides. 700 are accidents and the rest are murders, police shootings, and legal self-defense.

On top of that the vast majority of murders (with firearms or not) are criminal on criminal and usually drug related.

Of course you'll never see "gun deaths" broke down like that. Anti-gun-ownership organizations only want you to only see one huge number and hint that all of them are innocent babies.

You can't seriously exlude the accidents figure. There damn well wouldn't be any accidents if nobody could get firearms. The criminal on criminal figure would be lessened too because petty criminals wouldn't use firearms - of course the more serious types will get weapons regardless of legislation.

Although I do agree that the US figure is probably somewhat overestimated.

 

[chad187]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1775938.stm

In Yemen there are 3 guns for every person.