2aguy
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The U.S. has a far higher murder rate than all of those countries you mentioned. And also a far, far, FAR, higher rate of gun ownership.Not really fair to compare the two countries, especially given our far more diverse population. Lets compare nations within Europe, that is more apt of a comparison. For example Sweden has about 4 times the number of guns per 100,000 in the population versus Spain, but a lower murder rate(both with and without guns). Slovakia has about 15 times the number of guns per 100,000 vs Romania, but a lower overall murder rate and lower overall gun murder rate. Greece has about 5 times the number of guns per 100,000 in the population vs Hungary, yet a lower overall murder rate and lower gun murder rate.Americans, who live without gun control, have a 5 times higher chance of being murdered than French people do.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
Norway has the second number rate of guns per 100,000 people in Europe yet the second lowest murder rate.
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy - Galley Template
There is no correlation between higher gun ownership rates and a higher murder rate.
And Americans stop violent criminal attack and save lives using guns 1.6 million times a year on average.....far more than are murdered by gangs in the inner cities, or the random crazy who is allowed to kill people in gun free zones created by anti gunners.....