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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: sylvester80 who wrote (160373)4/11/2005 2:44:20 PM
From: Alastair McIntosh  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
You are confusing murders with firearms with the overall murder rate.

For example, you have 200 times more of a chance to be murdered here in the U.S. than in Japan. It's A FACT!


The US homicide rate is 5 times that of Japan, not 200 times.

angelfire.com

2000. World Homicide Rates.

_1.81 Australia
_1.01 Austria
_1.54 Belgium
_1.76 Canada
_0.60 Cyprus
_2.72 Czech Republic
_1.09 Denmark
_1.61 England & Wales
_9.94 Estonia
_2.86 Finland
_1.79 France
_1.17 Germany
_1.50 Greece
_2.04 Hungary
_1.48 Ireland (Eire)
_1.42 Italy
_1.10 Japan
_6.22 Latvia
10.00 Lithuania
_0.23 Luxembourg
_1.06 Malta
_1.42 Netherlands
_2.58 New Zealand
_2.84 Northern Ireland
_1.09 Norway
_2.23 Poland
_1.24 Portugal
_2.50 Romania
21.40 Russia (1999)
_2.11 Scotland
_2.65 Slovakia
_1.41 Slovenia
50.14 South Africa
_2.94 Spain
_1.97 Sweden
_0.96 Switzerland
_2.31 Turkey (1999)
_5.64 U.S.A.
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