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In reply to the discussion: Tweet of the day (Guns) [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)33. Still, our non-gun homicide rate is as high or higher than their total homicide rate
Our non-gun homicide rate is about 1.7 per 100,000... somewhere in that region.
We have about 16,000 murders a year in this country, which means we have in excess of 15,000 murderers a year in this country; some on their first kill, some racking up multiple victims in their careers.
That's the problem.
Yeah, some are heat-of-the-moment killings, but a lot aren't.
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undeterred
Jul 2012
#51
I don't think you can link the lapse of the assault weapons ban to the drop in gun deaths.
Bucky
Jul 2012
#22
Intentional homicide rate in the US is four or five times that of Europe
Spider Jerusalem
Jul 2012
#32
Still, our non-gun homicide rate is as high or higher than their total homicide rate
krispos42
Jul 2012
#33