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Why are there so many gun murders in uUnited State compared to other countries?

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  • 8 years ago
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    There are countries that have completely banned firearms (aside from military use) that also have an accompanying lower violence rate. People tend to argue that if we followed course that much of our violence will drop as a result. I think this may be partly true but I also believe many more factors play part such as stress levels and the people behind the guns...if they have a serious intention to kill or hurt people or a person then they most likely would resort to other weapons of choice. Guns just make the job easier, especially if it's on a high numerical scale such as schools, workplaces, and so on. Perhaps this would be the biggest argument and honestly I can't complain that if all we had were bats and knives it would make mass killings less appealing and less common therefore most likely dropping death rate through murder.

    Such a transition to no firearms in a country that has been with them for so long would be an extremely long and complicated process. This is for sure.

  • 8 years ago

    because they allow gun ownership, and many countries dont!

    also I think its partly because whenever public figures say guns should be banned alot of americans argue back saying its for their own protection and they need them to feel safe, which makes it sound like if they heard a noise in their house they wouldnt hesitate to get the guns out, whereas in other countries people would go for the phone or get out of their house or just grab whatevers near rather than a gun!

  • 8 years ago

    population. most euro trash countries are only the sixe of one state in the us. add up the murders in europe as a whole and they would probably be a lot closer to our numbers.

  • Because we can shoot better.

    Seriously, death involving firearms- this includes suicides and homicides- don't even make the top ten causes of death list in the US.

    Also, few countries have the population mix that we do.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Capitalism, the hollow is merely too huge between the wealthy and the poor so all the poor areas get the crime. the wealthy stay in peace collectively as the poor stay in a on a daily basis life of violence. additionally you will desire to soak up account that we've greater vast cities than the different us of a interior the international, we are greater urbanized than the different us of a. we've precise of the bat approximately 10 vast cities that are distributors of gang violence and medicines. you will desire to soak up account that we relatively report our crime quotes appropriately, how do all of us understand different international locations do this? Canada has a decrease crime value as a results of undeniable fact that their weapons are used specially for searching. weapons contained in america are used for self protection and a great form of circumstances for gangchronic bys. In section length, we are greater advantageous than India (it is having a increasing crime value) yet we even have many cities for each area. each area interior the U. S. (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest and Midwest) has one million or 2 significant cities. vast cities = city areas = extreme crime value. India purely has 5-6 significant cities. final yet not least, we've greater get admission to to the international. We get the main suitable issues from everywhere in the realm and that incorporates weapons. We get one in each of those weapons and in inner city areas (like South critical l. a.) our young ones have basic accessibility to weapons, which makes crime greater intimidating. regular, imbalance is the reason we've a extreme crime value. the wealthy are too wealthy and the poor would desire to motel to crime to feed themselves. i admire Capitalism yet that is between the negatives of it.

  • knh959
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    The 2nd Amendment.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Apparently, American society is sick:

    "Gun Violence Is Social Disease, Public Health Experts Say"

    Link - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/12/gun-viole...

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