Thread: Shooting again?
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Old 10-27-2002, 01:56 AM  
UnseenWorld
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Originally posted by Simon-interaid
Just heard on the news some kid went on a shooting rampage in Oklahoma.

2 dead 6 wounded.

Maybe its time for tougher gun laws?
Gun deaths per 100,000:

U.S.A. 14.24
Mexico 12.69
Argentina 8.93
Northern Ireland 6.63
Switzerland 5.31
France 5.15
Canada 4.31
Israel 2.91
Australia 2.65
Italy 2.44
New Zealand 2.38
Denmark 2.09
Sweden 1.92
Germany 1.24
Ireland 0.97
Spain 0.78
Netherlands 0.70
Scotland 0.54
England and Wales 0.41

Canada has about as many guns per capita as the US, but 2/3 less gun related deaths. Even with all the strife in Israel, it has only 20% of the gun-related deaths of the U.S.

The problem obviously isn't guns, it's Americans.
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