Strict gun control in france.

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About those gun laws...
In France, we have this,
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/france

In France, the annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population is 

2012: 0.21
2011: 0.22
2010: 0.19
2009: 0.21
2008: 0.22
2007: 0.15
2006: 0.17
2005: 0.19
2004: 0.21
2003: 0.20
2002: 0.25
2001: 0.26
2000: 0.25
1999: 0.26
1998: 0.29
1997: 0.37
1994: 0.44

compared to this in the USA:
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states

In the United States, the annual rate of firearm homicide per 100,000 population is 

2013: 3.55
2012: 3.70
2011: 3.55
2010: 3.59
2009: 3.75
2008: 4.01
2007: 4.19
2006: 4.29
2005: 4.18
2004: 3.97
2003: 4.11
2002: 4.11
2001: 3.98
2000: 3.84
1999: 3.88
1998: 3.37
1993: 7.07

I don't know about you, but from where I'm standing those laws look pretty darn effective to me.

Also, this: http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/compar...,192,30,25

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Mexico has 13.41 though...

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I think it would be great if people started examining overall gun stats, rather than making emotional arguments about individual cases of violence. Anti-gun people do it with every shooting in the US. However the same people will say that Frances laws have nothing to do with what happened there. As though examination is only needed on one side of the gun issue.