On a per capita basis, thus correcting for population size differences, the USA
has by far the highest rate of gun homicides and gun deaths in general:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-u-s-gun-deaths-compare-to-other-countries/
Three times that of the nearest “competititor”, Finland (where the relatively
high rate is driven by suicides).
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 07 Jan 2017, at 07:18, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Consider that it may not be that you northerners are less prone to violence,
> but, at least in part, that there are so few of you. The US population is
> about 9 times that of Canada, so any direct comparison of absolute numbers of
> anything is meaningless.
>
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