03-08-2010, 02:03 PM
johnny99 Wrote:Gun control? Pffftttt. toolate for that in this country fella.If the govt wanted to do that the time to do so was 100 years ago.Besides we are given that right by the constitution. Id never under any circumstances give up that right. Lets ask this, is a person who is stabbed or beaten to death more or less dead than a person who is shot?
Murder rates by country ranked from high to low
Rank Country/Region Rate
------- ---------------------------- ----------
1 Myanmar 0.2
2 Sudan 0.3
3 Egypt 0.4
4 Japan 0.5
5 Singapore 0.5
6 Botswana 0.5
7 Morocco 0.5
8 Madagascar 0.5
9 Hong Kong 0.6
10 United Arab Emirates 0.6
11 Oman 0.6
12 Vanuatu 0.7
13 Greece 0.8
14 Denmark 0.8
15 Austria 0.8
16 Norway 0.8
17 Qatar 0.8
18 Ireland 0.9
19 Luxembourg 0.9
20 Saudi Arabia 0.9
21 Jordan 0.9
22 Iceland 1
23 Netherlands 1
24 Germany 1
25 Kuwait 1
26 Bahrain 1
27 Indonesia 1.1
28 Syria 1.1
29 Spain 1.2
30 Italy 1.2
31 Tunisia 1.2
32 Australia 1.3
33 New Zealand 1.3
34 Maldives 1.3
35 Brunei 1.4
36 Algeria 1.4
37 Belgium 1.5
38 Slovenia 1.5
39 Nigeria 1.5
40 France 1.6
41 Poland 1.6
42 Cyprus 1.7
43 Chile 1.7
44 Fiji 1.7
45 Portugal 1.8
46 Malta 1.8
47 Croatia 1.8
48 Canada 1.9
49 Tonga 2
50 United Kingdom 2.1
51 Hungary 2.1
52 China 2.1
53 Korea South 2.2
54 Czech Republic 2.2
55 Slovakia 2.3
56 F.Y.R.O.Macedonia 2.3
57 Sweden 2.4
58 Romania 2.4
59 Malaysia 2.4
60 Azerbaijan 2.4
61 Mauritius 2.5
62 Armenia 2.5
63 Israel 2.6
64 Finland 2.8
65 Dominica 2.8
66 Bolivia 2.8
67 Switzerland 2.9
68 Iran 2.9
69 Bulgaria 3.1
70 Nepal 3.4
71 India 3.7
72 Turkey 3.8
73 Yemen 4
74 Palestinian Territories 4
75 Philippines 4.3
76 Sant Kitts andNevis 4.8
77 Peru 5.5
78 United States 5.6
79 Uruguay 5.6
80 Albania 5.7
81 Lebanon 5.7
82 Costa Rica 6.2
83 Georgia 6.2
84 Sao Tome and Principe 6.2
85 Namibia 6.3
86 Sri Lanka 6.7
87 Moldova 6.7
88 Estonia 6.8
89 Seychelles 7.4
90 Ukraine 7.4
91 Uganda 7.4
92 Barbados 7.5
93 Tanzania 7.5
94 Tajikistan 7.6
95 Kyrgyzstan 8
96 Belarus 8.3
97 Zimbabwe 8.4
98 Thailand 8.5
99 Latvia 8.6
100 Papua New Guinea 9.1
101 Lithuania 9.4
102 Argentina 9.5
103 Panama 9.6
104 Suriname 10.3
105 Paraguay 12.6
106 Nicaragua 12.8
107 Mongolia 12.8
108 Mexico 13
109 Swaziland 13.6
110 Guyana 13.8
111 Bahamas 15.9
112 Kazakhstan 16.8
113 Ecuador 18.3
114 Russia 19.9
115 Guatemala 25.5
116 El Salvador 31.5
117 Venezuela 33.2
118 Jamaica 34.4
119 South Africa 47.5
120 Lesotho 50.7
121 Colombia 62.7
Pakistan ..
Cuba ..
Libya ..
Trinidad and Tobago ..
Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
Brazil ..
Saint Lucia ..
Samoa ..
Dominican Republic ..
Belize ..
Grenada ..
St Vincent & Grenadines ..
Cape Verde ..
Viet Nam ..
Turkmenistan ..
Uzbekistan ..
Honduras ..
Gabon ..
Equatorial Guinea ..
Solomon Islands ..
Laos ..
Cambodia ..
Bhutan ..
Comoros ..
Ghana ..
Mauritania ..
Congo ..
Bangladesh ..
Cameroon ..
Haiti ..
Kenya ..
Djibouti ..
Timor-Leste ..
Togo ..
Gambia ..
Senegal ..
Eritrea ..
Antigua and Barbuda ..
I see a difference of over 4.6 per year rated.
And we have gun control....
Gun control does save lives!!
"The Dutch Guy"