Quantum Windbag
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Funny how the anti gun nuts never mentions studies like this.
I am sure [MENTION=37000]Saigon[/MENTION] will pop in here and blather about gun homicides being higher in countries with guns, so I want to through this out.
Russia has gun ownership rate of 1 in 40,000, yet has a murder rate that is 4 times higher than the US.
"Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence."If the mantra "more guns equal more death and fewer guns equal less death" were true, broad cross-national comparisons should show that nations with higher gun ownership per capita consistently have more death. Nations with higher gun ownership rates, however, do not have higher murder or suicide rates than those with lower gun ownership. Indeed many high gun ownership nations have much lower murder rates.
I am sure [MENTION=37000]Saigon[/MENTION] will pop in here and blather about gun homicides being higher in countries with guns, so I want to through this out.
Russia has gun ownership rate of 1 in 40,000, yet has a murder rate that is 4 times higher than the US.