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U.S. Leads Richest Nations In Gun Deaths
BY CHELSEA J. CARTER
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATLANTA -- The United States has by far the highest rate of gun deaths -- murders, suicides and accidents -- among the world's 36 richest nations, a government study found.
The U.S. rate for gun deaths in 1994 was 14.24 per 100,000 people. Japan had the lowest rate, at .05 per 100,000.
The study, done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the first comprehensive international look at gun-related deaths. It was published Thursday in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
The CDC would not speculate why the death rates varied, but other researchers said easy access to guns and society's acceptance of violence are part of the problem in the United States.
``If you have a country saturated with guns -- available to people when they are intoxicated, angry or depressed -- it's not unusual guns will be used more often,'' said Rebecca Peters, a Johns Hopkins University fellow specializing in gun violence. ``This has to be treated as a public health emergency.''
The National Rifle Association called the study shoddy because it failed to examine all causes of violent deaths.
``What this shows is the CDC is after guns. They aren't concerned with violence. It's pretending that no homicide exists unless it's related to guns,'' said Paul Blackman, a research coordinator for the NRA in Fairfax, Va.
The 36 countries chosen were listed as the richest in the World Bank's 1994 World Development Report, with the highest GNP per capita income.
The study used 1994 statistics supplied by the 36 countries. Of the 88,649 gun deaths reported by all the countries, the United States accounted for 45 percent, said Etienne Krug, a CDC researcher and co-author of the article.
Japan, where very few people own guns, averages 124 gun-related attacks a year, and less than 1 percent end in death. Police often raid the homes of those suspected of having weapons.
The study found that gun-related deaths were five to six times higher in the Americas than in Europe or Australia and New Zealand and 95 times higher than in Asia.
Here are gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in the world's 36 richest countries in 1994: United States 14.24; Brazil 12.95; Mexico 12.69; Estonia 12.26; Argentina 8.93; Northern Ireland 6.63; Finland 6.46; Switzerland 5.31; France 5.15; Canada 4.31; Norway 3.82; Austria 3.70; Portugal 3.20; Israel 2.91; Belgium 2.90; Australia 2.65; Slovenia 2.60; Italy 2.44; New Zealand 2.38; Denmark 2.09; Sweden 1.92; Kuwait 1.84; Greece 1.29; Germany 1.24; Hungary 1.11; Republic of Ireland 0.97; Spain 0.78; Netherlands 0.70; Scotland 0.54; England and Wales 0.41; Taiwan 0.37; Singapore 0.21; Mauritius 0.19; Hong Kong 0.14; South Korea 0.12; Japan 0.05.
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He said prove the NRA killed these people. Using your logic then every automaker out there is directly responsible for every person killed ot huty by automobiles. Which by the way is MORE people every year then DIE from guns.
Remind us when you are going to demand private ownership of autos be banned?
Why a man would need one is beyond me.
He said prove the NRA killed these people. Using your logic then every automaker out there is directly responsible for every person killed ot huty by automobiles. Which by the way is MORE people every year then DIE from guns.
Remind us when you are going to demand private ownership of autos be banned?
That is exactly my point.
Cars are heavily regulated, and guns should be too.
He said prove the NRA killed these people. Using your logic then every automaker out there is directly responsible for every person killed ot huty by automobiles. Which by the way is MORE people every year then DIE from guns.
Remind us when you are going to demand private ownership of autos be banned?
That is exactly my point.
Cars are heavily regulated, and guns should be too.
What? Wait ... what? You believe this? Do you even know the laws well with automobiles and guns?
Americans shooting their neighbors and family and committing suicide by police is as American as apple pie and motherhood.
and making guns illegal would make the US LEAD THE RICHEST NATIONS IN GUN DEATHS.
and making guns illegal would make the US LEAD THE RICHEST NATIONS IN GUN DEATHS.
Why exactly would this be the case?
How often is a murder plan foiled because the person that was to be murdered used their own gun first?
and making guns illegal would make the US LEAD THE RICHEST NATIONS IN GUN DEATHS.
Why exactly would this be the case?
How often is a murder plan foiled because the person that was to be murdered used their own gun first?
my point was that making them illegal would do NOTHING to reduce the crime rate/gun related crime rate, because a murderer is not going to respect gun laws.
I definitely think women should be able to own guns. Why a man would need one is beyond me.
Why exactly would this be the case?
How often is a murder plan foiled because the person that was to be murdered used their own gun first?
my point was that making them illegal would do NOTHING to reduce the crime rate/gun related crime rate, because a murderer is not going to respect gun laws.
I'm not so sure that would be true.
We all know the old adage "The bad guys will always find a gun" is true, but over time, if guns were illegal, there would be no market for them, and therefore there wouldn't be any guns being manufactured, nor any ammunition. Eventually, the supply would dry up and there would be fewer guns for the bad guys to get their hands on.
I'm not saying that I want guns to become illegal, but I don't really buy the notion that the gun related crime rate would continue at the same rate ad inifinitum.
Why exactly would this be the case?
How often is a murder plan foiled because the person that was to be murdered used their own gun first?
my point was that making them illegal would do NOTHING to reduce the crime rate/gun related crime rate, because a murderer is not going to respect gun laws.
I'm not so sure that would be true.
We all know the old adage "The bad guys will always find a gun" is true, but over time, if guns were illegal, there would be no market for them, and therefore there wouldn't be any guns being manufactured, nor any ammunition. Eventually, the supply would dry up and there would be fewer guns for the bad guys to get their hands on.
I'm not saying that I want guns to become illegal, but I don't really buy the notion that the gun related crime rate would continue at the same rate ad inifinitum.
He said prove the NRA killed these people. Using your logic then every automaker out there is directly responsible for every person killed ot huty by automobiles. Which by the way is MORE people every year then DIE from guns.
Remind us when you are going to demand private ownership of autos be banned?
That is exactly my point.
Cars are heavily regulated, and guns should be too.
I am not for eliminating guns. But I think that local background checks and banning assault rifles are a good ideas.
I definitely think women should be able to own guns. Why a man would need one is beyond me.
Peace would break out all over the world and we would all clasp hands and skip merrily down the lane singing happy songs...... WHAT FANTASY WORLD do you live in?
Peace would break out all over the world and we would all clasp hands and skip merrily down the lane singing happy songs...... WHAT FANTASY WORLD do you live in?
Do you need to be a fucking ass?
Or do you just choose to be?