Against the
backdrop of the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting the US Vice
President Joe Biden has set down with the National Rifle Association saying
"There has got to be some common ground, to not solve every problem, but
diminish the probability" of future shootings.
New gun control
recommendations include universal background checks, a national firearms
registration database, and magazine round restrictions.
I was curious to
find out just how many guns are held by civilians in the USA and gun ownership
rate among Americans. Below is a table (courtesy of Wikipedia) presenting the
top 6 countries based on the number of guns per capita.
It doesn’t
surprise us the U.S. ranks first in this list – however, what is interesting is
that the U.S. is almost half again the next two highest nations, Serbia and
Yemen.
It should be noted
that for some countries such as Yemen, this margin of error is considerable and
it may rank anywhere between 2nd and 18th. Switzerland anywhere
between 2nd and16th.
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