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by gruez 785 days ago
Source for those figures? Do they include suicides?
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15155 785 days ago
Yes, that figure is more than 50% suicides - this is a common statistical ruse.
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ta1243 785 days ago
OK so US is 5.4 and Somalia is 7

"America -- slightly safer than Somalia!"

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15155 785 days ago
Are you regularly involved in inner-city gang violence? The United States is a big, diverse place.
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Kerb_ 784 days ago
Well, I'd assume Somalia has a non-zero number of firearm related suicides as well
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