This is one thing I love about the blogging community. Somebody puts up a post, somebody else reads it and expands on what they said, and in the end we have more knowledge and power.
So Sean read this post, and then wrote his own post. Go have a look!
Sean saw the linked graph where cherry-picked nations have lower “Gun Death” than America. I noted that Mexico was included in the list, but intentionally excluded because it has over TWICE the “Gun Death” rate of the United States, yet it has MASSIVELY restrictive gun laws, far more than many of the other cited nations that have lower “Gun Death”.
Sean then just went and tossed ALL nations with their “Gun Death” numbers and it shows we’re not actually that bad. Further it shows the futility of gun control to reduce “Gun Death”. Also there are a TON of nations in there that I’m not sure I would qualify as “Undeveloped”. Sure a lot of these nations are poorer than the United States, but we’re one of the wealthiest nations in the world, so that seems like a skewed point of view. Further the Average American owns their own home, and has two cars. Does this mean the American than rents a two-bedroom and owns one older car is eating their young and sacrificing their neighbor’s cat to their pagan gods?
Of course not.
Next up Sean steps back from “Gun Death” and puts up Intentional Homicide rates…you know because killed is killed, tools used in the killing are irrelevant. Further he chooses “Intentional Homicide” because “Murder” has varied definitions depending on the nations.
Turns out we’re pretty safe, and a lot of the places more dangerous are places we take our families on vacation.
Sean also has a post up comparing US and Canada on Murder rates. Canada IS indeed a safer nation than the United States, it always has been, even when both countries didn’t care if you owned guns or not, still the graph shows that the antis fear-mongering is a bit overblown.
Good stuff!
