> However, guns are responsible for many, many, deaths. Yet, > a study of violent countries made a couple of years ago made > the UK the second most violent country. > > First was Australia and Switzerland was third.
Harry had it pretty much backwards, as usual: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_wit_fir_cap Murders with firearms (per capita) ================================== 1. South Africa 0.71 per 1000 people 2. Colombia 0.50 3. Thailand 0.31 4. Zimbabwe 0.04 5. Mexico 0.03 6. Belarus 0.03 7. Costa Rica 0.03 8. United States 0.02 ... 19. Switzerland 0.00 (*) ... 27. Australia 0.00 ... 32. United Kingdom 0.00 ... (*) The two major killings of the past years were performed by Austrians with non-military firearms. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
