 |
|
| Home | Encyclopedia | Statistics | Countries A-Z | Flags | Maps | Education | Forum | FAQ | About |
|
|
| COMMENTARY |
|
Dean 4th December 2004 |
Do you have 2003 statistic for U.S. homicides, suicides, and gun injuries? Thank you. |
|
Gomu 7th February 2005 |
How come the number of "murders with firearms" is more than number of "murders" in South Africa ? |
|
Ian Graham Staff Editor 2nd March 2005 |
In the United States in 2001, firearms were used in 63 percent of murders, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics National Crime Victimization Survey. The FBI reported that there were 15,980 murders and non-negligent homicides in the United States that year, so about 10,000 people were murdered with guns. Seventy-six percent of murder victims and 90 percent of murderers were male. In cases where the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim was known, only 24 percent of the murders were committed by a stranger. The most commonly cited circumstance leading to murder is an argument, which was reported in 28 percent of homicides. Seventeen percent of the time, murders occurred in connection with another felony, such as a robbery or a drug deal. |
|
sk8rls 10th August 2005 |
wasnt michealmoore saying U.S. had the biggest gun murder rate in the world? |
|
Timmeh 29th August 2005 |
Wildfire, People in Switzerland are not required to have a machine gun in their homes at all. By law people have to spend time in the military or civil service. Those that do military service have the option of keeping their service weapon after their forced time in the military is complete |
|
Vitor Amazonas 3rd October 2005 |
I need a full statistic of deaths using firearms around the world. A ranking with the up to five most violent country in the world of this information in 2004 or higher. My e-mail is vitor.amazonas@gmail.com |
|
Crystal Roberts 15th November 2005 |
I need all of the deaths using fireams in 2004 in Columbus,Ohio. |
|
Andrew 17th November 2005 |
How up to date are the crime statistics (20,000+) for Thailand? Also, why is the Philippines not listed? They have a very high homicide rate. |
|
Norwicker 19th November 2005 |
to Aonghas: like Finland? |
|
shawna 5th December 2005 |
i'm doing an essay on gun control and the "lack there of" in the united states and being canadian (and so very close to my triger happy neighbours) am shocked at the rates of gun related murders in the US compared to my country Not that canada restritic's gun ownership that is not the case what we do is register all guns and there owners which makes particle sense i would like to know if a similar system is in place for the US i'm haveing alot of troublem sorting out the laws and the consept of individual states makeing there own laws about fire-arms is confuseing should there not be a uniform system are all the States not one country? |
|
Ryan C. 12th December 2005 |
Contrary to popular belief, chairs kill more people per year in the United States than handguns. Swimming pools kill even more. Perhaps instead of watching documentaries and thinking about the extreme, you should think of the more common sense approach. You would think in a country where handguns are illegal (Canada) would have zero handgun crime. As these figures well indicate, that isn't the case. Furthermore, being that we know that banning things and making them illegal makes people not use them or do such forbidden acts (you know, like drugs, prostitutes, and speeding) you can understand how futile banning these things are. Fact of the matter is that every despot in history, in one shape or another, introduced gun control and a mass disarmament of the people before committing attrocities. Pol Pot introduced "common sense" (verbatim) gun control laws before he systematically slaughtered 1 million Cambodians. The simple fact that the rest of the world cannot comprehend about the United States and why this is not debatable in the least is because it is not viewed as a privledge in this country, it's a right. It's specifically outlined in our body of government that the government may not pass any law infringing upon the citizen's right to bear arms, hence why you cannot ban weapons here no matter what the cause or logic you deem as appropriate. By the way, did it ever occur to you Aonghas, that possibly, just possibly, if someone wanted to commit suicide, the use of a firearm might just be a formality? I would venture to say that if one makes the decision that they don't want to live anymore, they're going to take their own life by any means neccessary, a gun just happened to be what they grabbed. |
|
Jeff 5th January 2006 |
I just love listening to people that believe in a gun controlled utopia. As I looked over some of the stats, it appears, at least to me, that the U.S. fell pretty much in the middle as far as murder goes. The middle being average I would estimate. Does it really matter how the person was killed? Do you really believe that if the guns were removed the murder rate would suddenly become miniscule? Apparently not if you consider the country showing the highest murder rate does not have the highest rate with firearms. I suppose you consider being killed by stabbing, bludgeoning, suffocation, etc. to be preferable ways to die. The way I see it, dead is dead and how the victim got that way is not nearly as important as correcting the thought process of the persons that would seek to take a life because I really don't believe they care exactly how they take it. Of course this boils down to one thing. Taking guns away from people is a measurable action plan and we all know how the political bean counters need quantifiable statistics to work with. Changing a public belief system and moral fiber is not readily measurable. It’s fluid concept, like chasing a ghost, and who has the patience or foresight enough for that, even though it is the only real solution. Politicians, lobbyists, Special Interest Groups, they want something tangible, something they can sink their teeth into, something to rally for or against, and something they can measure the results of. |
|
DBall 7th February 2006 |
Yeah, just like switzerland where it's required that you maintain a working firearm and store ammunition for civil defense. Look at that, 40 firearms related murders. Just look at that! Moron. Guns dont kill people, people do. |
|
Heheh 26th February 2006 |
Well South Africa doesn't have a higher gun murder rate than Colombia and I've said this a number of times now. Those SA figures are very, very wrong and three times as many as the real figure, which is consistently around 11,000. I'm wondering if Nationmaster got their figures from one of these disgruntled white South Africans. They're well known for their exaggerating and inflating of the murder statistics. |
|
Matt 11th March 2006 |
99% of crimes in SA are committed by blacks. Very sad. |
|
Alex (RI USA) 25th September 2006 |
I'm from america and usually proud of it, but thats a different debate. I am strongly pro gun rights. While some people point out that places with gun bans have less gun related crimes, the simple fact is if you ban guns, only criminals will be armed. As for suicide related to guns, any person who truly wants to take there life, they will find a way. I believe that gun ownership should be encouraged by all healthy minded citezens. Any premeditated crime will be severely discouraged or shut down by a well secured homeowner. Oh, and by the way, any tool that helps me defend my family is most definately beloved. And if anybody has a problem with that, don't get a gun. Don't take away protection from me to give criminals an added edge. |
|
Dan 26th January 2007 |
Crowe do your research you moron. |
|
Puff Master B 16th June 2007 |
The statistics for Thailand are wrong. 20,000 is the number of illegal guns found per year, not the number of gun murders. There are roughly 5,000 murders per year in Thailand, there are no statistics on the percent that is from guns. In the link at the bottom which shows crime stats from a couple years ago, section 2.1 is the number of murders per year, 5.1 is the number of illegal guns. The last 2 numbers on a line are yearly incidents, and the number of people arrested. http://ftp.police.go.th/statistic/stat/cy48_total.pdf |
|
Ian (Manchester UK) 23rd August 2008 |
I am certain the UK figure is wrong, there were at least 20 firearms murders in Manchester alone last year, and even more in London and Birmingham |
Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |
Feeds |
Contact© Copyright NationMaster.com 2003-2008. All Rights Reserved. Usage implies agreement with terms.