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I agree the difference in gun laws makes a HUGE difference (link)


But the math is easy wrt respect to the differences in population sizes. They even give you the respective populations and draw some pretty shocking contrasts to go with them.

For example, with a population that is 5.6 times that of England and Wales, we had more police killings in the first 24 DAYS of 2015 (59) than England and Wales had in the previous 24 YEARS.(55).

It would have been better if that had just provided the per capita rates, but I'm sure if we hunt around, we can find something that provides a per capita comparison for the U.S. and at least some countries.

In fact, here's one:

https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-07-12/when-it-comes-police-shootings-us-doesnt-look-developed-nation

And there's another linked below (using the same countries).





(In response to this post by Cold Hoober Hoo)

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_firearm_use_by_country#Comparison_of_countr


Posted: 09/21/2017 at 4:52PM



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