Sentences with phrase «highest gun ownership»

The United States has the highest gun ownership rate in the world, with estimates suggesting that Americans own as many as 300 million guns.

Modern Conservatives are very supportive of the Second Amendment and the US has the highest gun ownership in the world both in numbers and per capita (350 million guns compared to a population of 330 million citizens).

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

In summation, it appears that higher gun ownership does imply higher rates of violent crime, but causation can not be shown in the data available:

Not exact matches

Despite Congress's dawdling, there is little question that America's abundance of guns — the country has by far the highest rate of civilian gun ownership in the world — is driving its unique gun violence problem.

Last week: Since the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High, our country has undergone soul - searching regarding gun ownership.

This sentiment has been fueled by a decades - long public campaign by the NRA to convince the US public and politicians that, in fact, the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms, and that more guns will actually make people safer (by letting them protect themselves), despite research that shows higher levels of gun ownership actually lead to more gun violence.

Others blame the high rate of gun ownership in the United States, or violent video games, or social media.

The US has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world with 88 guns for every 100 people.

If the rate of gun ownership is a determinant of the gun murder rate, how does one explain the gun ownership rates in Mexico (15 guns / 100 and 9.97 murders / 100k) and Jamaica (8.1 guns / 100 and 39.4 murders / 100K) and the very high gun murder rates?

Indeed, «data on firearms ownership by constabulary area in England,» like data from the United States, show «a negative correlation,» that is, «where firearms are most dense violent crime rates are lowest, and where guns are least dense violent crime rates are highest.»

Advocates of gun control contend, rightly — according to the best available data, that the mean ownership of firearms in the U.S. higher than in any other country.

We have very high rates of gun ownership in the North Country, and very low rates of homicide.

All but two of the studies were done in the United States, where gun ownership is higher than anywhere else in the world and firearms cause an estimated 31,000 deaths each year.

But the subject may not be as high on other countries» research agendas, because gun ownership is so much lower in most developed nations.

«All too often, pollsters ask Americans whether they support more or less gun control, or frame gun policies as controls on gun ownership generally rather than as measures to keep guns from criminals or other high - risk groups,» Barry says.

The USA government encourages gun ownership at the same time as they have allowed environmental radiation levels to become ridiculously high powered and this continues to increase annually.

Last week: Since the tragedy at Stoneman Douglas High, our country has undergone soul - searching regarding gun ownership.