Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
Nosy said:
Perhaps Lambert can explain why the US murder RATE in which feet and/or fists were used as weapons is higher than the Canadian or UK murder rate with the same weapons.
Are feet and/or fists more "readily available" in the United States than in Canada or the UK?
Why Nosy, didn't you know that weapon availability is not the sole determinate of the homicide rate? Given that, why can't you come up a international comparison to support your position involving first world nations?
Switzerland does not have more gun owners than the US (no matter whether you count total owners, percent owners, or militia guns as `owned').
Reallllly? I would like to see a citation on this, if I might. I have reason to believe that a higher percentage of Swiss homes have a firearm inside than in the US.
Look in "Experiences of Crime across the World" van Dijk, Mayhew and Killias (1991). This reports the result of an international victimisation survey in the US, Canada, Australia and 11 European countries. Handguns were present in 29% of US households. Switzerland was second with 14% (about half of these were identified as army guns). The US also had the highest percentage of households with any sort of gun.
