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In <3a998be1.144983802@news.lig.bellsouth.net>,
REMOVE_THIS_xmundt@yahoo.com (Dave Mundt) wrote:

>	Greetings and Salutations..
>
>"Keith Paxton" <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:
>
>>John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message
>>news:IXRl6.3973
>>> In <kYIl6.60587$_D.11160931@typhoon.we.rr.com>, "Keith Paxton"
>>> <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> >Just like more and more gun laws aren't going to keep the
>>> >gang-banger in the neighborhood from poppin' a cap in
>>> >your ass when you look at him the wrong way.
>>>
>>> The why does the USA have one of the highest violent crime rates in the
>>> developed world to go along with the highest rate of private ownership
>>> of lethal weapons?
>
>	Hum..I would question this statement, not because I think there
>are that small a number of guns in the USA, but, because I think it
>shows more of the preconceptions of the speaker than of reality.  ...

   Most countries have produced data on firearm deaths, allowing
   researchers to estimate the number of suicides, homicides and
   unintentional deaths by firearms, and to make international
   comparisons. Such comparisons must be made cautiously because of the
   different approaches that countries take in keeping records of public
   health and crime statistics. The data collected through the United
   Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation (1998) allow for
   some preliminary comparisons. Twenty-nine countries submitted
   statistics on the rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 population. The
   highest rates were reported by Columbia at 55.8, Brazil at 26.9 and
   the United States at 14 per 100,000 population. About 21 of the
   countries reported a rate of less than 5 per 100,000 population,
   including Canada at 4.1; Australia at 3; New Zealand at 2.9; and
   Sweden at 2.3. Nine countries reported a rate of one or less,
   including Japan at 0.07 and the United Kingdom at 0.6 (United Nations
   International Study on Firearm Regulation. New York. 1998).

Bottom line: US firearms death rate is over 20 times higher than the UK
and Japan.

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