https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/gun-violence/
"Saturday night 10 people were murdered by a mass shooter in California. It’s
the 37th mass shooting this year. We’re 23 days into 2023 and over 2,200+
Americans have already died of gun violence.
We’re the only developed country in the world that unconditionally allows
civilians to own military-style assault weapons, that allows “open carry,” and
that lets gun manufacturers openly buy politicians (thanks, SCOTUS).
As a consequence, we’re also the only country in the world where the leading
cause of death for children is being blown apart by bullets.
America has just a bit more than 4 percent of the world’s population, but, with
more guns than people in our country, we have more than 40 percent of
all the
civilian guns in the world.
Specifically, as a Swiss-based research group found, there are “approximately
857 million civilian-held firearms in the world’s 230 countries and
territories” and, as ABC News points out, in America, there are “over 393
million firearms in civilian possession” as of 2017.
About ten million more have been sold in the US since then: we are the only
nation in the world with more guns than people.
For every 100 people in America, there are 120 guns. Among developed nations,
next highest on the list is Canada, at 34 per 100 people, and all other
developed countries are lower down the list than that: South Korea, Taiwan and
Japan, for example, all clock in at fewer than one gun per 100 people.
This is entirely a recent phenomenon. Before the Reagan Revolution, gun
ownership numbers in America resembled Canada’s."
Via Lisa Stranger.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
