"*With the casualties due to armed conflicts factored out*, even in conflict-ridden regions such as the Middle East, the U.S. rate is worse." If you ignore the ways young men shoot each other in the Middle East, the US rate is worse. AYFKMhttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/11/09/666209430/deaths-from-gun-violence-how-the-u-s-compares-with-the-rest-of-the-world …
Well, now I don't know. Best numbers I can find say 11,000 murders by firearm in 2017. That's 3.4/100k. So I have no idea where NPR is getting their numbers!
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Check out the FBI crime stats. Compare them to the UNODC stats.
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I've been studying FBI stats for like 10 years now. I looked at the site NPR cites but it was impenetrable. You'd think they could have linked to the specific graphs rather than the base site!
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