Re: 232 Americans are murdered using guns for every Briton

On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:04:55 +0100, the renowned Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



bill.sloman@xxxxxxxx wrote:

Joerg wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
US gun homicide rate 2004 - 11,624
http://www.ichv.org/Statistics.htm

UK gun homicide rate 2006 - 50
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom

These are the most recent figures available.

11,624 / 50 = 232.5

In the UK the chance of being murdered by gun is **less than one in a million**
in any year.

Guess they are now using other "tools". Here is a dose of reality for you:

http://www.garymauser.net/09172006-Globecolumn.htm

Quote: "Both the United Kingdom and Australia brought in stringent
firearms laws following garish media coverage of shootings in the 1990s.

But despite the effort, police statistics show that the U.K. is enduring
a serious crime wave. In contrast to the U.S., where the homicide rate
has been falling for more 20 years, the homicide rate in the U.K. has
been growing."

And how long before the rising homicide rate in the UK approaches the
falling homicde rate in the U.S.? When I last looked, the US homicide
rate was four times the UK rate.

You're only out by an of magnitude or two !

The US gun homicide rate is **34** TIMES the UK rate.

Graham

* Gloria: Do you know that sixty percent of all deaths in America
are caused by guns?

* Archie Bunker: Would it make you feel any better, little girl,
if they was pushed out of windows?



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