12-08-2015, 01:29 PM
So this came across my Facebook feed, and I thought it would be interesting to share here. The article is titled "The U.S. Is A World Leader in Gun Deaths." The title doesn't leave much to the imagination, but it compares our gun deaths to that of our neighbors if you plopped us into different regions. There are some increases given to countries that the organization assumes to be under reported, and they take out death from armed conflicts such as the war in Syria. So this is focusing on crime, not war. I'll list our ranking in each region and you can read the article for more info.
Western Europe: 1st out of 23
Central and Eastern Europe: 2nd out of 21
The Americas: 13th out of 20 (we have a violent hemisphere, don't we?)
North Africa and the Middle East: 2nd out of 21
Sub-Saharan Africa: 8th out of 43
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australasia: 3rd out of 19
There are obviously biases based upon where these folks draw the lines for the regions. But out of 147 countries, we come in 24th. Considering where we rank when compared with the rest of the developed world, it's rather startling to think about.
Western Europe: 1st out of 23
Central and Eastern Europe: 2nd out of 21
The Americas: 13th out of 20 (we have a violent hemisphere, don't we?)
North Africa and the Middle East: 2nd out of 21
Sub-Saharan Africa: 8th out of 43
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Australasia: 3rd out of 19
There are obviously biases based upon where these folks draw the lines for the regions. But out of 147 countries, we come in 24th. Considering where we rank when compared with the rest of the developed world, it's rather startling to think about.
