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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: one_less who wrote (56802)	2/18/2018 4:18:26 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 358858

Anyway about 10k gun murders per year in the US (mostly by criminals and out of control drunks) It would be better if it were zero but I doubt you would see that number reduced even if guns were illegal America’s unique gun violence problem, explained in 17 maps and charts In the developed world, these levels of gun violence are a uniquely American problem. Here’s why. America is an exceptional country when it comes to guns. It’s one of the few countries in which the right to bear arms is constitutionally protected. But America’s relationship with guns is unique in another crucial way: Among developed nations, the US is far and away the most violent — in large part due to the easy access many Americans have to firearms. These charts and maps show what that violence looks like compared with the rest of the world, why it happens, and why it’s such a tough problem to fix. vox.com