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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2427274" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-the-countries-with-the-most-guns/" target="_blank">Mapped: The countries with the most guns (no prizes for guessing #1)</a></p><p></p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-the-countries-with-the-most-guns/" target="_blank"><em>Telegraph</em></a>, the countries with highest per-capita gun ownership are:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">USA – 112.6 guns per 100 residents</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Serbia – 75.6</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Yemen – 54.8</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Switzerland – 45.7</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cyprus – 36.4</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Saudi Arabia – 35</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Iraq – 34.2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Uruguay – 31.8</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Sweden – 31.6</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Norway – 31.3<br /> </li> </ol><p> </p><p>Note–the <em>Telegraph</em> presents gun ownership as so expansive in the U.S. that guns actually outnumber people. Yet the U.S. does not appear on the list of the Top 10 countries for firearm-related deaths. Those countries are:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Honduras – 67.18 per 100,000 residents per year</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Venezuela – 59.13</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Swaziland – 37.16</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Guatemala – 34.1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Jamaica – 30.72</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">El Salvador – 26.77</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Colombia – 25.94</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Brazil – 21.2</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Panama – 15.11</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Uruguay – 11.52</li> </ol><p>The map and the accompanying <em>Telegraph</em> article were drawn from the <a href="http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/home.html" target="_blank">Small Arms Survey</a> and the <a href="https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf" target="_blank">2012 Congressional Research Service Report.</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2427274, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-the-countries-with-the-most-guns/"]Mapped: The countries with the most guns (no prizes for guessing #1)[/URL] According to the [URL='http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/maps-and-graphics/mapped-the-countries-with-the-most-guns/'][I]Telegraph[/I][/URL], the countries with highest per-capita gun ownership are: [LIST=1] [*]USA – 112.6 guns per 100 residents [*]Serbia – 75.6 [*]Yemen – 54.8 [*]Switzerland – 45.7 [*]Cyprus – 36.4 [*]Saudi Arabia – 35 [*]Iraq – 34.2 [*]Uruguay – 31.8 [*]Sweden – 31.6 [*]Norway – 31.3 [/LIST] Note–the [I]Telegraph[/I] presents gun ownership as so expansive in the U.S. that guns actually outnumber people. Yet the U.S. does not appear on the list of the Top 10 countries for firearm-related deaths. Those countries are: [LIST=1] [*]Honduras – 67.18 per 100,000 residents per year [*]Venezuela – 59.13 [*]Swaziland – 37.16 [*]Guatemala – 34.1 [*]Jamaica – 30.72 [*]El Salvador – 26.77 [*]Colombia – 25.94 [*]Brazil – 21.2 [*]Panama – 15.11 [*]Uruguay – 11.52 [/LIST] The map and the accompanying [I]Telegraph[/I] article were drawn from the [URL='http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/home.html']Small Arms Survey[/URL] and the [URL='https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32842.pdf']2012 Congressional Research Service Report.[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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