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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (599137)	1/28/2011 4:39:04 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578305

the NY slimes lololol is that all you've got

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (599137)	1/28/2011 6:00:02 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578305

Not that interesting. It doesn't deal with homicide numbers, but percentage of homicides that are committed with guns. One would expect that countries with more guns per capita, would overall be more likely to have a larger percentage of their homicides committed with guns. Its not a very interesting or meaningful state, or one that says just about anything in terms of the desirability of gun control. If there is anything interesting its that the correlation is weaker than might be expected. Slovenia has few firearms per person according to the chart, but a large portion of its murders are with firearms. Finland, and to a lesser extent Germany and Austria, have a larger number of guns, but a lower percentage of their murders are with guns. But those are really only points of mild interest. The relative percentage of homicides that use guns isn't a very important statistic. If someone get killed with a knife or a club or with poison they are just as dead.