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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsexcellent interactive map / The gun ownership and gun homicides murder map of the world
Which countries in the world have the highest firearms murders - and the highest rates of gun ownership? Click on a country to see how it compares - and use the dropdown menu to see the map in different ways
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/jul/22/gun-ownership-homicides-map?CMP=twt_gu
USA USA USA !!!!
creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)The US is #1 in gun ownership but only has 2.97 murders per 100,000 population. Honduras is 88th in gun ownership but has a murder rate of 68.43 per 100,000 population.
Lionessa
(3,894 posts)Also we're not supposed to point out that murders in countries with tighter gun control still have murders and bombings and suicides, just maybe not with guns.
Heywood J
(2,515 posts)Looking at the % view, the map doesn't have percentage data for most of the world.
dgauss
(882 posts)seems awash in gun homicide, with the exception of Canada and Cuba. Central America being the worst if you look at gun homicides per 100,000 people.
You can download a spreadsheet like table that you can sort by different categories. The US is 28th in the world in the homicides by gun per 100,000 and with very few exceptions, everyone ahead of us (worse) is south of us, from Mexico to Argentina.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)slutticus
(3,428 posts)US is #1 in civilian gun ownership, yet middle of the road for gun related homicides (although 60% are by firearms). I bet most of those are in oakland.