OK, this is the handgun ownership chart I referred to:
US, 29%
Switzerland, 14%
Finland,7%
Germany,7%
Belgium,6%
France, 6%
Canada, 5%
Norway,4%
Europe,4%
Australia,2%
Netherlands, 2%
UK, 1%
Now, this is the chart of handgun murders:
US, 5.28 (per 100k)
Switzerland, 1.42
Canada, 0.47
Sweden, 0.42
Australia, 0.07
UK, 0.06
As I understood these as ordinal rankings, there is no positive correlation, since a number of countries are displaced in position. Also, the mathematical correlation is not strong, as with Switzerland having about half the rate of ownership, but only about a quarter of the handgun murders, or Australia having twice the gun ownership of the UK, but almost identical handgun murder figures.
I will next peruse your most recently posted table....Seems to have the same data I just posted.... |
