Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Dec 20
th, 2024 at 5:25pm:
thegreatdivide wrote on Dec 20
th, 2024 at 4:07pm:
Sir Eoin O Fada wrote on Dec 20
th, 2024 at 3:44pm:
A bit of relevant information.
Nah, not relevent, see below:
Quote:‘’ Mass Shootings by Country
Mass shootings are defined differently across the world, ....
Who gives a sh*t about definitions of mass killings;
the highest gun deaths among first world countries(ie, in the US) is the relevant information.
What I’d like to know, and perchance you can tell me, is,
what has the status of the country got to do with it?Mexico has a higher gun death rate than the US, why do you not have a go at it ?
Studies show a
positive correlation between poverty and youth crime (and the youth become adults if they survive).
And other studies show
higher levels of inequality within a nation are also correlated with higher crime rates.
And higher poverty and crime rates are associated with increased violence against persons, including murder (regardless of weapon type).
(all which you can confirm with google).
And even allowing for the c.50% of gun deaths in the US which are suicides, the US gun-murder rate is still higher than in other wealthy countries (who also happen to restrict gun access).
Quote:‘’Countries with the Highest Rates of Violent Gun Death (Homicides) per 100k residents in 2019
Venezuela 37.31
El Salvador 36.51
Guatemala 32.49
United States Virgin Islands 27.09
Colombia 24.90
Brazil 23.32
Puerto Rico 21.10
Bahamas 20.43
Belize 19.66
Honduras 19.32
The USA does not get a mention, the data is a bit old but things haven’t changed much since then.
So, if you’re really concerned about gun deaths there’s 10 countries that could fulfil your needs.
Your erroneous conclusions explained above.
Mexico isn't in that top 10 list either, but it's much worse than the US, being poorer and with extreme wealth inequality; yet the rich US, also with extreme inequality, is much worse than other more equal wealthy countries, the EU, Japan, Australia (who restrict gun access).
Which suggests getting rid of systemic poverty and extreme inequality will create less violent communities.
And maybe that greedy private health insurer who was executed (by gun, at a distance) in New York recently would still be alive, if the US had government-funded health care like most other wealthy countries....
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