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[deleted] t1_j8zw0im wrote

Reply to comment by Soonerpalmetto88 in [OC] Firearm availability compared to homicide rates around the world by blizzard36

thats because it looks like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate#/media/File:2019_Gun_ownership_rates_and_gun_homicide_rates_-_developed_world_-_scatter_plot.svg

still a supporter of the 2nd amendment though

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Soonerpalmetto88 t1_j8zw5ye wrote

Doesn't the graph from op show all homicides though, not just fun related?

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[deleted] t1_j8zwcjg wrote

yes his graph is different , was providing a graph based on criteria you were looking for.

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arenalr t1_j9050jf wrote

Me too, that chart when broken down shows some pretty interesting info. Germany for example has quite a high percent of gun owners (30 per 100 inhabitants) with an extremely low homicide rate (0.06 per 100k). It's the 6th most armed country with 12th lowest homicide rate. What's the difference? No fucking clue tbh but I wonder... Similar situation in Switzerland, similarly armed and minus the US it's considered quite high compared to the rest of the world (with easy access to semi and full auto guns) but a very low homicide rate. Hell, if you look at most of the highest armed countries, the top 10 is almost entirely developed countries that happen to also have significantly lower homicide rates. Is gang violence in the US the difference then? Mass shootings too? Honestly pretty surprised by this data

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[deleted] t1_j90bild wrote

I think its because mental health in America is pretty terrible. If you notice on that web page that photo is from we have the highest suicide rate than any other country on that list (out of 70+ countries). Also highest reported crime rates and least solved crime rates as well from other studies

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