Telegraph: U.S. Top Country for Gun Ownership, Not Even in Top 10 for Firearm Deaths

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Telegraph: U.S. Top Country for Gun Ownership, Not Even in Top 10 for Firearm Deaths

by AWR HAWKINS22 Oct 20161657

On October 22 The Telegraph published a map showing the U.S. leads the world in private firearm ownership but does not even crack the Top 10 when it comes to firearm-related deaths.
According to the Telegraph, the countries with highest per-capita gun ownership are:

1. USA – 112.6 guns per 100 residents
2. Serbia – 75.6
3. Yemen – 54.8
4. Switzerland – 45.7
5. Cyprus – 36.4
6. Saudi Arabia – 35
7. Iraq – 34.2
8. Uruguay – 31.8
9. Sweden – 31.6
10. Norway – 31.3
Note–the Telegraph presents gun ownership as so expansive in the U.S. that guns actually outnumber people. Yet the U.S. does not appear on the list of the Top 10 countries for firearm-related deaths. Those countries are:

1. Honduras – 67.18 per 100,000 residents per year
2. Venezuela – 59.13
3. Swaziland – 37.16
4. Guatemala – 34.1
5. Jamaica – 30.72
6. El Salvador – 26.77
7. Colombia – 25.94
8. Brazil – 21.2
9. Panama – 15.11
10. Uruguay – 11.52

The map and the accompanying Telegraph article were drawn from the Small Arms Survey and the 2012 Congressional Research Serrvice Report. As Breitbart News previously reported, the CRS report shows privately owned firearms jumped from 192 million in the U.S. in 1994 to 310 million in 2009.

At the same time, the “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate–which was 6.6 per 100,000 Americans in 1993–fell to 3.6 per 100,000 by 2000. Gun sales continued to surge and the “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate fell to 3.2 in 2011.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/22/telegraph-u-s-top-country-gun-ownership-not-even-top-10-firearm-deaths/

Yep......America does not have a gun problem when you compare the same to drug gangs in Central America and South America......but by golly we have a huge gun problem when you compare to other regions.

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/12/07/458815891/the-u-s-is-a-world-leader-in-gun-deaths

2seaoat wrote:Yep......America does not have a gun problem when you compare the same to drug gangs in Central America and South America......but by golly we have a huge gun problem when you compare to other regions.

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/12/07/458815891/the-u-s-is-a-world-leader-in-gun-deaths

The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S.
By James Slack
UPDATED:18:14 EST, 2 July 2009

Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed.

Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa - widely considered one of the world's most dangerous countries.

The figures comes on the day new Home Secretary Alan Johnson makes his first major speech on crime, promising to be tough on loutish behaviour.



The U.S. has a violence rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents, Canada 935, Australia 920 and South Africa 1,609.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: 'This is a damning indictment of this government's comprehensive failure over more than a decade to tackle the deep rooted social problems in our society, and the knock on effect on crime and anti-social behaviour.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1196941/The-violent-country-Europe-Britain-worse-South-Africa-U-S.html#ixzz22LrhP2fC