22 July 12
umber of Murders, United States, 2010: 12,996Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2010: 8,775
Number of Murders, Britain, 2011*: 638
(Since Britain's population is 1/5 that of US, this is equivalent to 3,095 US murders)
Number of Murders by firearms, Britain, 2011*: 58
(equivalent to 290 US murders)
Number of Murders by crossbow in Britain, 2011*: 2
(equivalent to 10 US murders).
The international comparisons show conclusively that
fewer gun owners per capita produce not only fewer murders by firearm,
but fewer murders per capita overall. In the case of Britain, firearms
murders are 30 times fewer than in the US per capita.
Do hunters really need semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons? Is that how they roll in deer season?
* British crime statistics are September to September, so 2011 is actually 2010-2011.
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