Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ
by galieos_ghost on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:29PM
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That includes suicides, so take off around 70% of the US gun deaths.
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Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ
by cmontella on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @06:40PM
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So the US has a lower rate when you conveniently exclude a segment? Is that because you think suicide doesn't count because it's self inflicted? Would it surprise you to know many people who attempt suicide and survive later regret it, and many suicides could have been averted if a firearm wasn't readily available. I know a lot of people think someone who wants to kill them self can do so no matter what, but that simply isn't the case.
Sort by homicide (which is what you were getting at in your original comment). US has 3.5 per 100.000 people. First European country is Montenegro which has 2.42 per 100.000, then Cyprus with 1.05. For example France is 0.21, Germany 0.07, Poland 0.04.
Re:Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ
by FireBeyond on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @07:25PM
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The World Bank has it quite a bit higher for the US: 4.9 in 2015: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?location...