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Originally Posted by Oystein
The gun-related deaths per 100,000 people in 1994 by country were as follows:
* U.S.A. 14.24
* Brazil 12.95
* Mexico 12.69
* Estonia 12.26
* Argentina 8.93
* Northern Ireland 6.63
* Finland 6.46 - Tough gunlaw
* Switzerland 5.31 - Tough gunlaw
* France 5.15 - Tough gunlaw
* Canada 4.31 - Tough gunlaw
* Norway 3.82 - Tough gunlaw
* Austria 3.70 - Tough gunlaw
* Portugal 3.20 - Tough gunlaw
* Israel 2.91
* Belgium 2.90 - Tough gunlaw
* Australia 2.65
* Slovenia 2.60
* Italy 2.44 - Tough gunlaw
* New Zealand 2.38
* Denmark 2.09 - Tough gunlaw
* Sweden 1.92 - Tough gunlaw
* Kuwait 1.84
* Greece 1.29
* Germany 1.24 - Tough gunlaw
* Hungary 1.11
* Ireland 0.97
* Spain 0.78
* Netherlands 0.70 - Tough gunlaw
* Scotland 0.54
* England and Wales 0.41 - Tough gunlaw
* Taiwan 0.37
* Singapore 0.21 - Tough gunlaw
* Mauritius 0.19
* Hong Kong 0.14 - Tough gunlaw
* South Korea 0.12 - Tough gunlaw
* Japan 0.05 - Tough gunlaw
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Can someone find a newer date for this type of report? I would like to see how it is these days, and it would also be good to do a reference per country on who has tough gun laws.
I have filled in the ones I KNOW have tough gun control laws. Feel free to update list - then continue to think for yourself.
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Your report is missing one key factor. The percentage of people living below the poverty limit and another big factor, minorities!
The US has more underprivileged minorities than all of the other countries. If you removed gang on gang violence you would end up with us being at par with tougher law countries. Then remove the gang on non-gang and you'd be closer to some of those nations where their standard of living is way beyond our own.