Originally posted by: kmmatney
Some other "facts"
* In 2004, firearms were used to murder 56 people in Australia, 184 people in Canada, 73
people in England and Wales, 5 people in New Zealand, and 37 people in Sweden.[8] In
comparison, firearms were used tomurder 11,344 people in the United States.[9]
* In 2005, there were only 143 justifiable homicides by private citizens using handguns in
the United States.[10]
8. Crime in England and Wales 2004/2005, Canadian Crime Statistics, Australian Crime
Facts & Figures 2004, The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention - Criminal
Statistics 2004, Statistics New Zealand.
9. WISQARS, Injury Mortality Reports.
10. FBI Uniform Crime Report, 2005, Expanded Homicide Table 14,
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/...n/murder_homicide.html.
These stats are typically skewed big time and who is doing the reporting? Oh yes the very govt that wants control. Kind of like letting the fox guard the chicken house right?
Anyways what the govt doesnt report is the amount of crimes averted by the use of guns. In other words how many crimes were stopped by somebody owning a gun.
The number floating around is close to 2.5 million crimes a year.