http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/data.../jul/22/gun-ownership-homicides-map?fb=native When I ran across this interactive map, I assumed that it was constructed by anti-gun types but, if so, it doesn't make their point very well. If this data is correct, and I am not misreading it, it appears to me that this map actually supports the idea of gun ownership. It shows the United States as having the highest firearm ownership rate in the world at 88.8 firearms per 100 people, but the homicide by firearm rate is relatively low, at 2.97 per 100,000 people. A total of 9,146 homicides by firearm in the United States during the past reporting year for this data. Brazil, by comparison, has a relatively low firearm ownership rate at 8 firearms per 100 people, and the homicide by firearm rate is extremely high, at 18.1 per 100,000 people - better than six times the rate in the United States. A total of 34, 678 homicides by firearm in Brazil during the past reporting year for this data. Seems to me that this data confirms that gun ownership is a good thing. Brazil is a perfect example of a society in which only the criminals have guns.
I would like to see the overall homicide rate, the breakdown by weapons used ni the homicides, and ability to own fire arms.... additionally i wonder what the gray nations have.... no fire arms?, no firearm homicides?... looks like kinda spotty data...
It is time to ban cars...the rate is climbing--let's save some lives. The Founders would have never envisioned such a device...... http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...U.S.-traffic-deaths-jump-13.5-percent-in-2012
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/07/2012726141159587596.html here is another view of world wide gun ownership, and the US as a microcosm from aljazeera.com very good actually.
Major difference between the raghead numbers and the previous interactive map. Here is a quote from the other map with regards to the USA. FIREARMS MURDERS AND CIVILIAN GUN OWNERSHIP United States 270,000,000 civilian firearms - 88.8 for every 100 people Ranked 1 in the world for civilian gun ownership In the latest year, there were 9,146 homicides by firearm - 2.97 per 100,000 population. 60% of all homicides are by firearm SOURCE: CTS, via the UNODC and the Small Arms Survey The ragheads claim, ..... Mass supposedly has the lowest US gun death rates. their quote; Massachusetts Gun death rate: 3.14 per 100,000 Rate of firearm ownership: 12.8% Rank: 50 Rank: 48 . additionally, the ragheads claim for the highest rate is as follows; Louisiana Gun death rate: 18.03 per 100,000 Rate of firearm ownership: 45.6% Rank: 1 Rank: 13 . All I am saying is someones figures are seriously wrong. I don't trust ragheads any further than I can throw one, so I don't believe one iota of their BS
I believe you and don't disagree the information isn't consistent. I looked at Aljazeera's sources and I would think it could be possible they are more accurate than guardian.co.uk ( who us the UN's statistics. The point is we compile our information and send it to the UN who then does their own compiling and so forth,), at least for our country. I say this because they are using figures provided by the US Govt., NICS, Gallup, http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/about-us/mission.html, and the IRS. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/07/2012726141159587596.html ^Very interesting link ( i think ) http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/07/2012726141159587596.html those are both links off of the sources that Aljazeera cited. I have been reading Aljazeera for a while now and, IMO, they seem to be less biased than most western media.
an additional tidbit. relevant of course. Chicago, The Deadliest Global City Among what are considered Alpha world cities, Chicago has the highest murder rate -- higher even than the Third World metropolises. In the last year, the Rate of Killings in Chicago has gone up 38 Percent! Singapore 0.4 Tokyo 0.5 Hong Kong 0.6 Berlin 1 Sydney 1 London 1.4 Toronto 1.7 Amsterdam 1.8 Paris 4.4 New York 6 Los Angeles 7.5 Mexico City 8 Moscow 9.6 Sao Paolo 15.6 Chicago 19.4 It bears mentioning that Chicago also has some of the strictest Gun Control laws in The US and as of today, the Governor wants to add more! It doesn't really seem like something we would want to duplicate in other Cities!
BTW ... statistics routinely are seriously skewed for a number of reasons. If one honey picks, they can make their statistics sing and dance and even fart the star spangled banner. No shit.
Hahaha, I got my degree in economics. This was at the center of my curriculum. I like to say: Numbers don't lie, Economists do.
Check out the NON-Alpha cities: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate New Orleans tops the list. Makes sense why Louisiana would be leading the nation then...
