the nation started to ask what social factors may have contributed to the mass shootings. Serbia has one of the highest number of firearms per capita in the world, and guns are frequently fired into the air to mark special occasions.
The United States contains 5% of the world’s population. However, our nation covers 35-50% of the world’s civilian-owned guns, is ranked first for firearms per capita, and holds the highest homicide rate among all other nations of wealth and democracy at 88.5% (Masters). Such high rate...
claimed by Argentina and the subject of a 1982 war – is home to the world’s second-largest stash of civilian guns per capita. But with an estimated 62 guns per 100 people, its gun ownership rate is almost half that of the US. Yemen – a country in the throes of a seven-year con...
Serbia is estimated to be among the top countries in Europe in registered weapons per capita, and many more are held illegally. Authorities launched the gun crackdown after a 13-year-old boy on May 3 took his father’s gun and opened fire on his fellow-students in an elementary school in...
Make no mistake. I completely understand that the United States has far more guns than any other country on earth. And I also get that acquiring them is too easy and the regulations in place are riddled with loopholes and potential cracks to slip through (e.g. Parkland, FL and Sutherland...
Would you expect and predict that if Country A has 100 times more firearms per capita than Country B that they would both have the same level of police shootings? Should we be shocked that the US police kill far more people per capita than Sweden?
As long as people of this country are afraid to take a gamble and start wising up, we are stuck. sarah 7 years 6 months ago Well then why aren't American People out on the Street by the 10s of Millions demanding real change in contrast to Wall Street tools of Clinton/Trump? Why ...