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Brian Ross wrote on Jun 24 th, 2016 at 4:37pm: Panther wrote on Jun 24 th, 2016 at 10:57am: I'll re-post this again to enlighten those that are unfamiliar with American Firearm statistics. Rather than discuss number counts, this will give you a percentage to ponder:[/i][/font][/size] Take all deaths, from all causes in America, & then figure what percentage of those were gun related homicides/murders. According to the United Nations, 2,473,018 people died in the United States in 2008. That comes to 6,775 people per day died in America that year. Of those 2,473,018 deaths from all causes 12,200 were gun related homicides, or 0.0049332435105608% (less than 1/2 of 1% of all deaths) http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/vitstats/serATab3.pdfAccording to the CDC ... Center for Disease Control, in the U.S.A. 2,596,993 people died from all causes in 2013. That comes to 7,115 people per day died in America that year. Of those 2,596,993 people who died that year, 10,700 were gun related homicides, or 0.0041201497270112% (again, less than 1/2 of 1% of all deaths) http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr64/nvsr64_02.pdfThe percentage of gun related homicides in America has been steadily dropping too, as noted, to a 51 year low. That's a good thing. Well, apart from the fact that the UN gets its statistics from it's member states (ie the USA), I believe you're misreporting the number of gun related deaths in the United States by quite a large margin. You've instead chosen to discuss gun related homicides. Which is naughty of you panther. The number of gun related deaths in 2011/2013/2014 was: Quote:Country Total Method of Calculation Homicides Suicides Unintentional Undetermined Sources and notes [...] Australia 0.93 (2013) 0.16 (2013) 0.74 (2013) 0.02 (2013) 0.02 (2013) Guns in Australia[3] [...] United Kingdom 0.23 (2011) 0.06 (2011) 0.15 (2011) 0.00 (2011) 0.02 (2011) Guns in the United Kingdom[71] United States 10.54 (2014) 3.43 (2014) 6.69 (2014) 0.18 (2014) 0.08 (2014) Guns in United States[72] [ Source] Note that Australia and the UK, where strict gun regulation is in force has substantially fewer gun related deaths than the US where there is little gun regulation.
Well, that's sweet, but as you already know, the UKs & our laws would be totally illegal in the USA unless the US Constitution was massively Amended/Re-written, including the removal of the Second Amendment, which then would have to be replaced with another re-worded Amendment.
Brian, with your charm & charisma I'm sure you could sweet-talk the Americans into voiding all their rights single handedly, & then spend the next 10 to 15 years trashing & rewriting there most cherished document in the hopes of maybe/possibly saving some lives (less than 1% of all deaths every year).
Let me know how you fare. I'd check on witness protection before you start though. Some may not see it quite your way
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