saltwind 78 wrote:
We have far, far more gun deaths in our country than any other civilized industrial country. It must stop!
That is not true.
Annual homicide rates for any given city, state or country are calculated by the number of murders per 100,000 people.
* Depending on who conducted the research and compiled the stats for any given country,
these numbers may vary by a percentage point, but they are in the ball park.
Jamaica - 44.7 homicides per 100,000 people.
Lesotho - 43.6 homicides per 100,000 people
El Salvador - 37.2 homicides per 100,000 people
Venezuela - 36.7 homicides per 100,000 people
Honduras - 36.3 homicides per 100,000 people
South Africa - 33.5 homicides per 100,000 people
Mexico - 28.4 homicides per 100,000 people
Colombia - 22.6 homicides per 100,000 people
Brazil - 22.5 homicides per 100,000 people
Nigeria - 22.0 homicides per 100,000 people
Guatemala - 17.5 homicides per 100,000 people
United States - 6.5 homicides per 100,000 people