Re:Pistol sights
by sobani on Wednesday June 14, 2017 @02:59AM
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> > as in most EU countries
> Yeah and things seem to be going SO WELL over there, right?
Actually, they are. According to Wikipedia[0] the US has over 10.54 gun related deaths/100K while the UK has 0.23. That's a 45x difference.
Of course I picked the UK, because it's the second best European country (the best is Romania). My own, the Netherlands is doing much worse at 0.58 deaths/100K.
But even the worst western Europe country, Finland, is doing 3 times better than the US at 3.25 deaths/100K.
Actually, they are. According to Wikipedia[0] the US has over 10.54 gun related deaths/100K while the UK has 0.23. That's a 45x difference.
Of course I picked the UK, because it's the second best European country (the best is Romania). My own, the Netherlands is doing much worse at 0.58 deaths/100K.
But even the worst western Europe country, Finland, is doing 3 times better than the US at 3.25 deaths/100K.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...