Gun Control & RKBA

between Canada and the US is that in Canada there is more belief in the ability of government to solve problems. As to the melting pot idea, Canada is as ethnically diverse as the US. Ballots for the last election were printed in 14 different languages.

When I spoke of South Africa and Ireland I was referring to the violence associated with the national struggles.

Intentional Homicide per 100,000 Firearms death rate per 100,000

Brazil:25 Brazil: 19.03
Estonia: 5 Estonia: 2.54
Mexico: 22 Mexico: 11.17
Russia: 9 Russia: 12.5
South Africa: 31 South Africa: 21.51
United States: 5 United States: 10.5

Australia: 1 Australia: 0.86
Canada: 2 Canada: 2.22
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5


So intentional homicide levels in the US per 100,000 are 2.5 times as high as Canada and five times as high as Australia. Gun homicide comparisons are even worse for the US when compared with Canada and Australia. But is this really the argument to make? That the US is bad but some countries are worse?