re gun control was re we re mad as hell at the tv news hambidge bms com wrote in article c psog c magpie linknet com manes magpie linknet com steve manes writes rate per capita rate the uk is more dangerous though you may be less likely to be killed by a handgun the average individual citizen in the uk is twice as likely to be killed by whatever means as the average swiss would you feel any better about being killed by means other than a handgun i wouldn t what an absurd argument switzerland is one fifth the size of the uk with one eigth as many people therefore at any given point on swiss soil you are more likely to be crow bait more importantly you are x as likely to be killed by the next stranger approaching you on a swiss street than in the uk you are betraying your lack of understanding about rate versus total number rates are expressed often as population therefore if a place had deaths and a population of the rate would be a place that had deaths and a population of would hav a rate of the former has a higher rate the latter a higher total you are less likely to die in the latter simple enuff for chrissakes take out your calculator and work out the numbers here i ve preformatted them for you to make it easier handgun homicides population switzerland uk and then tell me again how switzerland is safer with a more liberal handgun law than the uk is without by rate or total number your choice stephen manes manes magpie linknet com manes and associates new york ny usa o o
