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<blockquote data-quote="roadrunner2012" data-source="post: 1069268" data-attributes="member: 40736"><a href="http://ivn.us/2012/07/25/gun-control-an-international-comparison/" target="_blank">Gun Ownership: An International Comparison - Independent Voter Network</a>Japan - In Japan, most kinds of guns are illegal,&nbsp; and almost no one owns a gun. Japan is known as one of the strictest gun&nbsp; controlling nation in the world, with only <a href="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/japan" target="_blank">0.6 firearms per every 100 people</a>. In 2006, there were <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/" target="_blank">only two homicides</a> caused by guns in Japan. In 2008 there were 11. The country has nearly eliminated murder by firearms.&nbsp;United Kingdom – The rate of private gun ownership in the United Kingdom is <a href="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-kingdom" target="_blank">6.72 firearms per 100 people</a>.&nbsp; In 2009, only 18 people were murdered with a firearm. Within the last&nbsp; 14 years, the year with the highest number of gun caused homicides was&nbsp; 2004, with 52 people killed.&nbsp;Australia – Ranked at No. 25 in comparison of number&nbsp; of privately owned guns in 178 other countries, about 15 out of every&nbsp; 100 Australians owns a firearm. Annual homicide rates involving firearms&nbsp; in the country is relatively low, at <a href="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/australia" target="_blank">0.1% per every 10,000</a> in 2009.&nbsp;Germany – <a href="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/germany" target="_blank">Ranked No. 4</a>,&nbsp; in a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 178 other&nbsp; countries, approx. 30 out of every 100 people in Germany own a firearm.&nbsp; Germany experiences far fewer gun related homicides annually than the&nbsp; United States. In 2010, there was a total of 158 homicides committed&nbsp; with a firearm.&nbsp;United States – The United States is ranked at No. 1&nbsp; for civilian gun ownership in comparison with all other industrialized&nbsp; countries. There are approximately <a href="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states" target="_blank">88.8 firearms for every 100 people</a>&nbsp; in the U.S. In the past 14 years, the year with the greatest number of&nbsp; homicides caused by a firearm occurred in 2006, when 10,225 people were&nbsp; killed by the use of a gun. Annual firearm suicides within the United&nbsp; States are high as well. In 2005, 17,002 suicides were committed using a&nbsp; firearm.&nbsp;The United States far surpasses other countries in terms of gun&nbsp; related violence and death. The numbers above tend to indicate that&nbsp; fewer gun-related homicides is a direct result of stricter gun control&nbsp; laws</blockquote>

[QUOTE="roadrunner2012, post: 1069268, member: 40736"] [url=http://ivn.us/2012/07/25/gun-control-an-international-comparison/]Gun Ownership: An International Comparison - Independent Voter Network[/url] [B] Japan -[/B] In Japan, most kinds of guns are illegal, and almost no one owns a gun. Japan is known as one of the strictest gun controlling nation in the world, with only [URL="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/japan"]0.6 firearms per every 100 people[/URL]. In 2006, there were [URL="http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/"]only two homicides[/URL] caused by guns in Japan. In 2008 there were 11. The country has nearly eliminated murder by firearms. [B]United Kingdom – [/B]The rate of private gun ownership in the United Kingdom is [URL="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-kingdom"]6.72 firearms per 100 people[/URL]. In 2009, only 18 people were murdered with a firearm. Within the last 14 years, the year with the highest number of gun caused homicides was 2004, with 52 people killed. [B]Australia – [/B]Ranked at No. 25 in comparison of number of privately owned guns in 178 other countries, about 15 out of every 100 Australians owns a firearm. Annual homicide rates involving firearms in the country is relatively low, at [URL="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/australia"]0.1% per every 10,000[/URL] in 2009. [B]Germany – [/B][URL="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/germany"]Ranked No. 4[/URL], in a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 178 other countries, approx. 30 out of every 100 people in Germany own a firearm. Germany experiences far fewer gun related homicides annually than the United States. In 2010, there was a total of 158 homicides committed with a firearm. [B]United States – [/B]The United States is ranked at No. 1 for civilian gun ownership in comparison with all other industrialized countries. There are approximately [URL="http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states"]88.8 firearms for every 100 people[/URL] in the U.S. In the past 14 years, the year with the greatest number of homicides caused by a firearm occurred in 2006, when 10,225 people were killed by the use of a gun. Annual firearm suicides within the United States are high as well. In 2005, 17,002 suicides were committed using a firearm. The United States far surpasses other countries in terms of gun related violence and death. The numbers above tend to indicate that fewer gun-related homicides is a direct result of stricter gun control laws [/QUOTE]

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