Just a small attempt to put things in perspective - bearing in mind that America is often held-up as the gun-death disgrace of the world" (More people are killed in road accidents there)
Gun Fatalities per 100 Thousand head of Population:
Honduras 64.8
Venezuela 50.9
Jamaica 39.74
South Africa 21.51
USA 10.64
Argentina 10.5
Canada 2.22
Norway 1.78
New Zealand 1.45
Australia 0.86
Netherlands 0.46
United Kingdom 0.26
- These figures are taken from Wikipedia who have a bigger/ better list.
I know that the minute anyone dares to quote figures - lots of objectors will say that they are out-of-date or that they don't mean what you think etc. etc. - so I'm not about to infer anything.
I was interested to see that NZs figure was much higher than Australia, & Netherlands & UK.
-I am wondering why - but I do know - from years of being concerned with "Health & Safety" in the workplace - many of my workmates had a very careless attitude and complained about "P.C. Freaks" (meaning me!).
Marty K.
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