It is probably no surprise that the US homicide rates (this does not count suicides) are significantly higher in the United States. Here are the basic numbers. But if we had the UK's level of homicides, we would save 18,000 lives per year, and in Europe in general, we would save 13,500 lives per year.
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| The very high rates in Europe in the early 2000s is primarily due to conflicts in the Balkans. |
That is one of the costs of unlimited gun ownership. 18,000 people a year. I'm not saying it isn't worth it, I don't think it is, but that is just me. I also am very sure there is no way to lower gun ownership, but we should understand it.
Suicide numbers in the USA were 49,976 in 2022 with more than half (26,000) by gun. In the UK, there are less than 100 suicides by guns per year! It is important to note that many gun suicides are driven in the moment, this occurs with the wide availability of firearms. Even if we multiplied the British numbers by 5 to round the population up to US numbers, there would still only be 500 deaths.
500 versus 26,000. That is a lot of difference per year. That means we lose about 47,000 people to gun deaths every year.
That is about the same number as TOTAL residents of Lynn's current home of North Ft. Meyers. It is nearly twice the population of Steve's Point, Wisconsin where Ed grew up. It is a little more than the entire population of Palm Springs, CA where I live now. Just imagine, every year, that number of people just disappearing.
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