>>You are right is not 5x, is 7x (3.55 vs 0.51)
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>> United States
>>10.64 (2013) 3.55 (2013) 6.70 (2013) 0.16 (2013) 0.09 (2013) Guns in United States[68]
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>> Canada
>>2.22 (2007-2011) 0.51 (2007-2011) 1.60 (2007-2011 avg) 0.04 (2007-2011) 0.02 (2007-2011) Statistics Canada [10]
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>>Unless you are now seriously talking about "homicide rape per capita", then I do not know those values, or what does it even mean :p
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>Canada seems to be about 1/3rd of US. See attached image.
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>Mexico is number 1 on this table but it excludes most South America, Africa, and most of Asia. It's probably countries that are most comparable socio-economically.
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They listed Chile but no Brasil. Not fair :) I read an article today about Iceland which has a very high possession of guns. Yet their crime is very low. Someone forgot to teach them how to use the guns :)
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