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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Gordon A. Langston who wrote (5975)2/16/2001 6:22:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
In Japan, the United Nations reports the murder rate is about 1 per 100,000.
In the U.S., there are about 3.2 murders per 100,000 people each year by
weapons other than firearms. This means that even if firearms in the U.S.
could be magically eliminated, we would still have three times the murder rate
of the Japanese.

Not really. If fire arms were banned in the US (and the ban was 100% effective), some murders that are now commited with firearms would happen anyway so the the actual murder rate would be more then 3.2 times higher then the rate in Japan, perhaps much higher.

Tim
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