Some of those stats certainly look cherry picked. Why such specific time periods. 2009-2013? 2010-2012?
Can't help but feel those years best suited their argument (Norway being so high in rampage shootings being a good example).
Here's some more info for you. A lot of it is taken directly from the CDC report Obama asked to be conducted in 2010; but when the report found this info, which was exactly the
opposite of what he was HOPING FOR- he didn't publicize it or try to get the info out.
This first site has many tabs you can click on to review different criteria/data related to guns and crime. I posted the link directly to guns/crime in other countries as that is what you specifically discussed in your post above. Feel free to look through the other data points/categories on the site. Lot's there.
Gun Facts | Gun Control and Crime in non-US Countries
Guns in America | Facts and statistics about firearms in the USA
How are guns being used by citizens in America each year?
31,672 guns used in homicide + accident + suicide (1) VS. 2.5 Million guns used in self defense (2)
Every year, guns are used over 80x more often to protect a life than to take one!*
270 Million= APPROX. # OF CIVILIAN FIREARMS IN AMERICA (3)
200,000= TIMES A YEAR WOMEN USE A GUN TO DEFEND AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE (4)
3/5 POLLED FELONS SAY THEY WON’T MESS WITH AN ARMED VICTIM (5)
Gun Ownership Vs Crime an international perspective:
Highest Gun Ownership Rate PER 100 RESIDENTS (6)
88.8
USA
54.8
YEMEN
45.7
SWITZERLAND
45.3
FINLAND
Highest Intentional
Homicide Rate
PER 100,000 RESIDENTS (7)
91.6
HONDURAS
69.2
EL SALVADOR
56.9
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
52.2
JAMAICA
Here's the USA for a reference point:
4.8
USA
A recent study published in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy concluded that there is a negative correlation between gun ownership and violent crime in countries internationally (more guns = less crime).
Nations with strict gun control laws have substantially higher murder rates than those who do not in general. In fact, the 9 European nations with the lowest gun ownership rate have a combined murder rate 3x's that of the 9 European nations with the highest gun ownership rate! (8)
UNITED KINGDOM CASE STUDY
“Most violent country in EU” (9)
POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS IS ILLEGAL
2,034 VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN UK** (9)
vs
466 VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN USA (9)
In the decade following the Labor party's election and banning of handguns in 1997, the number of recorded violent attacks soared by 77% to 1.2 million in '07- or more than 2 attacks every minute! (9)
Kitchen knives are being used in as many as half of all stabbings in the United Kingdom and has prompted a group of doctors to call for a ban on long pointed kitchen knives. (1)0
Concealed Carry in America
An analysis of the FBI crime statistics found that states that adopted
concealed carry laws REDUCED: (11)
8.5%
Murders
5%
Rapes
7%
Aggravated Assaults
3%
Robberies
With just one exception, every public mass shooting in the USA since 1950 has taken place where citizens are banned from carrying guns. Despite strict gun regulations, Europe has had 3 of the worst 6 school shootings. (1)2
POLICE
794,300= total police officers (13)
11% error rate (14)
14.3= avg. deaths of a shooting rampage stopped by police (15)
606= criminals killed each year (16)
ARMED CITIZEN
80,000,000= gun owning citizens (17)
2%= error rate (14)
2.3= avg. deaths of a shooting rampage stopped by a citizen (15)
1,527= criminals killed each year (16)
In 1982, Kennesaw, Georgia passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate subsequently dropped 89% in Kennesaw, compared to just 10.4% drop in Georgia as a whole. (18)
Today, the violent crime rate in Kennesaw is still 85% lowerthan Georgia's or the national average. (19)
89% Drop IN BURGLARIES AFTER MANDATORY GUN LAW
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* Based upon Kleck & Gertz estimates of 2.5 million defensive gun uses per year (see source #2). A similar study in 1994 under President Clinton (Source) found this number to be 1.5 million, which would result in guns being used over 47x more often to defend a life than to take one.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, about 436,000 crimes were committed with a firearm in 2008 (Source). This would mean guns are used 5.7 or 3.4 times (using Kleck or Clinton respectively) more often to defend against a crime than to commit one.
** Comparing violent crime between two countries can sometimes be difficult as each nation defines it differently.
1. 2010 CDC Report.
FastStats - Injuries
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2. Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense With a Gun," 86 The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Northwestern University School of Law, 1 (Fall 1995):
http://www.saf.org/lawreviews/kleckandgertz1.htm
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3.
Guns in the United States ? Firearms, gun law and gun control
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4. Kleck and Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime," at 185
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5. U.S., Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, "The Armed Criminal in America: A Survey of Incarcerated Felons," Research Report (July 1985): 27.
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6.
http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/file...l-Arms-Survey-2007-Chapter-02-annexe-4-EN.pdf
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7. "Homicide Statistics 2012". UNODC.
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8. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy (pp. 649-694). Volume 30, Number 2:
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
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Harvard Study: Gun Control Is Counterproductive :: The American Civil Rights Union
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9.
UK is violent crime capital of Europe - Telegraph
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The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S. | Daily Mail Online
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10. BBC News:
BBC NEWS | Health | Doctors' kitchen knives ban call
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11. Wall Street Journal:
More Guns, Less Violent Crime - WSJ
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12. USA Today:
Opposing view: Guns in schools can save lives
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13. Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Police and Detectives : Occupational Outlook Handbook: : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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14. Newsweek Magazine: Nov 14, 1993:
The Daily Beast
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15. The Examiner:
The Latest on AXS
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16. Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America, (1991):111-116, 148.
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17.
National Rifle Association (NRA) Statistics ? Statistic Brain
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18. Gary Kleck, "Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force," Social Problems 35 (February 1988):15
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19. City Rating:
Kennesaw Crime Statistics: Georgia (GA) - CityRating.com
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