Is Mise,

Read the link given previously on US gun deaths -
global comparisons. Here it is again:

http://www.vox.com/2018/8/29/17792776/us-gun-deaths-global

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Is Mise,

You need to read the chapter on US gun problems.

As for Russia? I'll leave you to do your own research
to find out why in Russia you may get raped, robbed,
murdered, knifed, but very few people die from gun
violence.

I remember not too many years ago, when a series of murders were reported in the news it caused grief. Didn't matter if it was caused by guns, a bomb, a car, or any other weapon.

Nowadays if it is a gun that killed, it seems too quickly we skip the grief and go streight to pro-gun, anti-gun politics. If makes me sad that death has so little value to us that we go streight away into politics after hearing about a shooting. Not that those policies and politics aren't important, but for crying out loud, the US just had 2 mass shootings in different states just hours from each other (not even a full day). Way to rub salt into the wound by going into the horribleness of the US's policies compared to Australia's. As a world are we so cold? Apparently so!

Some try anything to avoid the simple truth
American gun laws enforced by bought and paid for politicians is out of step with the rest of the world
Murder always is and mass shootings are just that, carried out by low IQ haters who in the end betray their country
Read the surnames of the murderers and find they, in their bloodline, are products of past migrants
Trump is empowering them with his clear race hate speech
He now, knowing an election is coming, is trying to ride both sides of the track

I think the #1 cause of crime is stupidity ! Stupidity by the authorities ! Were they to focus on what they are assigned to do rather than just their careers, crime rates would drop overnight.
I think if a survey were to be done on the effect Centrelink has on people, that outfit would be dismantled overnight. Those who are appointed to deal with social issues are actually the main cause creating them.
Just look at Magistrates, Cops (not Police Officers), in fact all these overzealous but unintelligent, greedy mutts costing us a fortune & denying us a decent society.

It is worth noting that up until March this year New Zealand's firearms laws were very similar to the states, and until an Aussie moron shot up a mosque, violent crime was not too dissimilar to Australia.

While I am all for gun control, it needs to be noted that violence is also greatly driven by culture.