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A Harvard Study titled "Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide?" looks at figures for "intentional deaths" throughout continental Europe and juxtaposes them with the U.S. to show that more gun control does not necessarily lead to lower death rates or violent crime.
Because the findings so clearly demonstrate that more gun laws may in fact increase death rates, the study says that "the mantra that more guns mean more deaths and that fewer guns, therefore, mean fewer deaths" is wrong.
For example, when the study shows numbers for Eastern European gun ownership and corresponding murder rates, it is readily apparent that less guns to do not mean less death. In Russia, where the rate of gun ownership is 4,000 per 100,000 inhabitants, the murder rate was 20.52 per 100,000 in 2002. That same year in Finland, where the rater of gun ownership is exceedingly higher--39,000 per 100,000--the murder rate was almost nill, at 1.98 per 100,000.
The murder rate in Russia, where handguns are banned, is 30.6; the rate in the U.S. is 7.8
Originally posted by Phage
Sort of silly really. Would banning guns reduce crime and suicide? I don't think that's the right question.
Would it reduce crimes and suicide committed with guns? The study doesn't actually address that. Does it?
Originally posted by Superhans
Just for fun, check out the statistics on african american and south american populations of those countries and then compare them to ours. Its pretty shocking but don't publish the results, everyone will hate you for it.
Originally posted by Superhans
Just for fun, check out the statistics on african american and south american populations of those countries and then compare them to ours. Its pretty shocking but don't publish the results, everyone will hate you for it.
Originally posted by Phage
Would it reduce crimes and suicide committed with guns? The study doesn't actually address that. Does it?
Originally posted by xuenchen
Originally posted by Skyfloating
Countries where guns are banned actually have more crimes committed with guns, not less.
Russia and Jamaica are good examples of this.
Switzerland is a good example of everyone being armed and there being almost no gun crimes.
Originally posted by LightOrange
Originally posted by Superhans
Just for fun, check out the statistics on african american and south american populations of those countries and then compare them to ours. Its pretty shocking but don't publish the results, everyone will hate you for it.
I'm sure you mean black people and not African American. You have to be American to be African American.
Either way I'm not sure why you felt like that chip on your shoulder had to chime its way into this discussion.
Originally posted by SuperhansNot supposed to say that, its not PC
Originally posted by supremecommander
Originally posted by Superhans
Just for fun, check out the statistics on african american and south american populations of those countries and then compare them to ours. Its pretty shocking but don't publish the results, everyone will hate you for it.
"African American" and "South American" populations of those countries?
In your attempt to race bait, you made yourself sound even more ignorant. Kudos.