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Alabama Shooter · January 21, 2013, 08:12 PM

According to the Wikipedia list we are in tenth place for all gun deaths and a bit lower for guns employed homicides.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ted_death_rate

BUT

The wiki list is missing some small countries like:

Russia
Several of the Stans
Syria
Libya
Iraq
Iran
Egypt

or

Anywhere that a lot of people die from gun deaths where guns are already banned that would make the list look badly skewed where countries that ban guns have a real high rate of gun deaths.

Also according to the UN many countries under report violence and crime to the point where there is no really telling for sure. So essentially the wiki list is a pack of lies and half truths.

I will point out that there is just as much validity in comparing the US to Russia, if such numbers were available to any other European Country.

January 21, 2013, 08:12 PM	#5
Alabama Shooter Senior Member Join Date: December 20, 2012 Location: Sweet Home Posts: 886	According to the Wikipedia list we are in tenth place for all gun deaths and a bit lower for guns employed homicides. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ted_death_rate BUT The wiki list is missing some small countries like: Russia Several of the Stans Syria Libya Iraq Iran Egypt or Anywhere that a lot of people die from gun deaths where guns are already banned that would make the list look badly skewed where countries that ban guns have a real high rate of gun deaths. Also according to the UN many countries under report violence and crime to the point where there is no really telling for sure. So essentially the wiki list is a pack of lies and half truths. I will point out that there is just as much validity in comparing the US to Russia, if such numbers were available to any other European Country. __________________ Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.