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Gun homicide rate by country

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by Crabtownboy, Aug 27, 2015.

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  1. Revmitchell

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    The majority of gun deaths is suicide. That pretty much changes the entire perspective.
     
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    A valid viewpoint.
     
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    Sure, if you think HOMICIDE and SUICIDE are synonymous.
     
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    In the two different lists provided on Page 2, the US didn't make the top 25, or the top 10.

    CTB, care to comment?
     
    #24 Don, Aug 28, 2015
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    They are synonymous. Suicide is a subset of homicide. Or else fornication and adultery are not synonymous.
     
    #25 Alcott, Aug 28, 2015
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    Just to say that this list is the murder rate, not the murder by firearm rate.
    I'm not sure if that matters. Dead is dead whether you're shot stabbed or bludgeoned.
     
    #26 Martin Marprelate, Aug 28, 2015
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    Can you please document that? It sounds rather hard to believe.
     
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    Wow, from both links I am very surprised. I thought that the homicide rate would be much higher than the suicide rate. With all the killings we hear about in D.C., Detroit and Baltimore I just naturally assumed...
     
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    Earth to Crabby, Earth to Crabby

    Waiting on a response from you


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    Bro. Martin,

    Here's a link that may provide you with some information about the murder rate in the UK:

    www.citizensreportsuk.org/reports/murders-fatal-violence-uk.html

    The information this link presents is supposedly from the UK's Home Office. The reporting period is from the 2013-2014 time frame.

    As you suggested, since getting a gun is a bit more difficult in the UK than it is in the US, this report states that "The most common method of killing continues to be by sharp instrument.

    "Female victims were more likely to be killed by someone they knew.

    "In most of these cases, female victims were killed by a current male or female co-partner, while male victims were most likely to be killed by a friend or acquaintance.

    "Victims aged under 16 years were most likely to be killed by a parent or step-parent."
     
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