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tubadude · 4379 days ago · link · · parent · post: Interesting Graph from the Wonkblog: Causes of Violent Death by Age
The difficulty with trying to compare a country that has strict gun control with the US is that most of the countries that have it also have different demographics or a smaller population. That said, the stark contrast to me comes in the rate of firearm deaths between the US and the Uk. The US has a rate of about 10.5 deaths per 100,000 people, while the UK is something more like .25 per 100,000 people. Granted, that is in a smaller population, but the fact is that gun violence occurs less when there are fewer guns.