We are certainly not the worst in the world but when compared to a majority of the developed, industrialized (1st world) countries (those with whom we compete in most other arenas), we lag well behind.


I looked up the data from the WHO. According to them, countries with similar gun homicide rates include: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Ukraine, Jordan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Niger, Djibouti, etc... Is this really the competition we want? We would not expect, or desire, to be compared with these countries in any other aspect; why should we expect it, or be content with it, when referring to gun violence?


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