Lawry, I'm not sure of whether by "ranked so poorly" you mean that Costa Rica should have had more deaths or fewer. I spent almost a month in rural Costa Rica last year and found it to be one of the most peaceful places on earth. Of course, the cities may be different.
Ed > Chris, I'm only surprised that Costa Rica ranked so poorly. Did you find any > further information on that? > > Lawry > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christoph Reuss > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 6:26 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Futurework] Re: gun violence (was Re: Minuteman Groups) > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
