re:How many murders are there each year in England?
Zero of course - guns are banned.
Of course you're joking. You know that's not true. But whatis true is that the US's murder rate is considerably higher than the UK's and Canada's......for an example. In fact, I believe its the highest for all the developed nations:
"Baillie-Hamilton also fails to consider the relative size of the problem of deaths due to guns in nations with fairly laissez faire gun policies. A comparison of homicide rates found that the rate of homicides not due to guns was 3.7 times higher in the United States than in Britain, while the rate of homicides due to guns was 175 times higher. 3 Forty eight per cent of American households have guns, compared with 4.7% of British households.2"
bmj.bmjjournals.com
"*The United States has by far the highest rate of homicides per 100,000 persons, although this rate has declined significantly, especially after 1991. In 1981, the rate was 10 homicides per 100,000, and by 2001, the rate was down to 5.6. Which is just 0.57 times the level two decades earlier.
*Canada’s rate in 2001 was 1.8 homicides per 100,000 of the population, versus 3 per 100,000 in 1981, which equals 0.68 times the level in the earlier period. Throughout the period, Canada rate of homicides remained low in comparison to the United States.
*Finally, England & Wales was the only one of the three countries that experiences an increase in homicide rates over the two decades. The homicide rate in England & Wales was 1.1 per 100,000 in 1981 and increased significantly (up 1.28 times) to reach 1.4 per 100,000 by 2000."
csc-scc.gc.ca
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