Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysenâs surprise announcement Monday that he will not seek reelection this year is the latest indication that moderate Republicans like him and Rep. Frank LoBiondo, who have dominated New Jersey for decades, are an increasingly endangered species.
Canada, on the other hand, ranks 13th on the studyâs list, with 9.95 million firearms â or 31 per 100 residents. Moore is right that Canada has a far lower rate of firearm homicides than its neighbour to the south.According to a report by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 11,000 homicides were committed using firearms in the U.S. in 2011.his is not true. While the U.S. does have a homicide rate nearly double that of most developed countries like Canada, it doesnât have the worldâs highest homicide rate. With 6.4 homicides per 100 thousand people, the U.S. falls behind countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.[1] In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries (23.2 injuries per 100,000 U.S. citizens),[2][3] and 33,636 deaths due to injury by firearms (10.6 deaths per 100,000 U.S. citizens).[4] These deaths consisted of 11,208 homicides,[5] 21,175 ...