Abrignac
10 years ago
Firearms per 100 individuals;
US 112.6
Serbia 75.6
Yemen 54.8
Switzerland 45.7
Cyprus 36.4
Uruguay 31.8
Honduras 6.2


Firearms deaths per 100,000;
US 10.54
Serbia 3.49
Switzerland 3.08
Cyprus 1.87
Uruguay 31.8
Honduras 67.8


If the rate of gun ownership had a direct relation on the gun homicide rate; wouldn't the gun related death rate be much higher in Switzerland???

Shouldn't Honduras have a much lower homicide rate???

Why isn't the gun homicide rate in the US over 10,000 based on the Honduras example???
dstieger
10 years ago
Hondurans have bigger clips and better aim?
dstieger
10 years ago
I suspect that there just might be another variable or two that could be considered.....correlation as relates or doesn't relate to causation and all that sort of mumbo jumbo
teedubbya
10 years ago

I suspect that there just might be another variable or two that could be considered.....correlation as relates or doesn't relate to causation and all that sort of mumbo jumbo

dstieger wrote:




ooooh look at the big brain on brad
dstieger
10 years ago
DrafterX
10 years ago
We should send Hillary to Honduras.. She'd straighten them out... 😟
teedubbya
10 years ago
I heard the hondurans love trump they think he is great and stuff
dstieger
10 years ago
I guess we could send a buttload of guns to the fine citizens of Honduras and see if they can't get that firearm death rate down a bit
teedubbya
10 years ago
I wonder what those rates are in afghanastan and japan?
teedubbya
10 years ago
the source would be cool too.... it doesn't seam to line up. did you snopes it?

This is the Honduras Switzerland comparison but it made me laugh because it reminded me of Billy Madison.

"All in all, this meme compares two countries that aren't the least bit similar, then gets wrong nearly all the aspects of those countries it references. As such, it isn't the least bit useful or instructive as a discussion point for debates over gun ownership laws. "
DrafterX
10 years ago
I was recently in Honduras and I didn't see anyone get shot... 😟
Abrignac
10 years ago

the source would be cool too.... it doesn't seam to line up. did you snopes it?

This is the Honduras Switzerland comparison but it made me laugh because it reminded me of Billy Madison.

"All in all, this meme compares two countries that aren't the least bit similar, then gets wrong nearly all the aspects of those countries it references. As such, it isn't the least bit useful or instructive as a discussion point for debates over gun ownership laws. "

teedubbya wrote:



IIRC, it was UN data. But, like Dave said, it's much more involved than that. I just wanted to set this ship afloat and watch where it sails.
ZRX1200
10 years ago
First issue is using an inanimate object as a variable.

Guns aren't the root cause of the problem.
teedubbya
10 years ago

IIRC, it was UN data. But, like Dave said, it's much more involved than that. I just wanted to set this ship afloat and watch where it sails.

Abrignac wrote:




it may be university of sydney data
ZRX1200
10 years ago
Did you snopes that?
Gene363
10 years ago
It looks even better if you subtract the counts from several large democrat controlled cities that have draconian gun control laws.
gummy jones
10 years ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pELwCqz2JfE
tonygraz
10 years ago
Back to the OP, the reason is that the Swiss use guns to shoot holes in their cheese rather than to shoot each other.

Guns don't kill people - people with guns kill people.
bob-o
10 years ago

More than two words, forgive me.

I've heard that listings like this include suicides in their numbers. Am a bit lazy ATM to verify, but it also would have an impact on the story being told.


Jack
tonygraz
10 years ago
You're forgiven, if we doesn't have to call you Johnson.
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