An interesting statistic
And one that should point directly at the problems with gun ownership. In Britain where guns are not allowed 40% of all murder suicides are carried out with guns while the average of regular murders committed with guns is 10%. This suggests to me that the presence of a gun in your house makes one incredibly more vulnerable to violence.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/why-men-kill-their-children-1289967.html
One of the differences between British murder rates and the rest of the world's is the general absence of guns, Dr Milroy said.
With about 700 unlawful killings a year, it works out at 13 for every million of the population. The rate in America is 10 times that. Although Switzerland is generally law-abiding, for example, when people murder they use guns.
Yet 40 per cent of murder-suicides in Britain use guns compared with 10 per cent of murder cases overall. Curiously, although the murder rate in Britain has doubled since 1960, the number of people who commit suicide after killing has remained fairly constant.
Am I reading these stats wrong? This seems like something that should be more widely known and I found it curious I had never heard this before as it would seem to make a pretty convincing case on the dangers of gun ownership.
