(May 4, 2014 at 6:45 pm)Rampant.A.I. Wrote:(April 29, 2014 at 12:01 pm)Minimalist Wrote: 606 is an acceptable body count to you? 1 1/2 a day just because some asshole with a gun decides to stop being a "responsible" gun owner? Seriously?
In Britain in 2010 there were 58 murders.
Britain is the size of Wyoming, with a population of 63 million.
The US has 313 million residents, almost 5 times as many, and a host of social problems Britain doesn't seem to have.
I'm not sure how the comparison says anything.
Which "social problems" would these be? Aside from having nearly as many guns as people?
Should we take the stats that render population size irrelevant and use gun deaths per 100,000 instead?