Informed Comment Juan Cole _39 Murders by Gun Annually in Britain; 9,000 in US_ (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/juancole/ymbn/~3/OEwONBn85nk/39-murders-by-gun-annually-in-britain- 9000-in-us.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email) Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:07 AM PST Reprint edn. Number of _Murders, United States_ (http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/violent_crime/murder_homicide.html) , 2009: 15,241 Number of Murders by _Firearms_ (http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/offenses/expanded_information/data/shrtable_08.html) , US, 2009: 9,146 Number of _Murders, Britain, 2008*_ (http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/16/crime-figures-recession-impact) : 648 (Since Britain’s population is 1/5 that of US, this is equivalent to 3,240 US murders) Number of Murders by_[pdf] firearms_ (http://rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs10/hosb0110.pdf) , Britain, 2008* 39 (equivalent to 195 US murders) *The Home office reported murder statistics in the UK for the 12 months to March 2009, but these are 12-month figures). For more on murder by firearms in Britain, see _the BBC_ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6960431.stm) . The international comparisons show conclusively that fewer gun owners per capita produce not only fewer murders by firearm, but fewer murders per capita over all. In the case of Britain, firearms murders are 48 times fewer than in the US. Do hunters really need semi-automatic Glock hand guns? Is that how they roll in deer season? The _US public doesn’t think so._ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/10/americans-favor-automatic_n_806994.html)
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