&gt; where as Greenland (Denmark), which arguably has tougher laws is 26 on the list.<p>...which resulted from <i>11</i> - eleven! - homicides. It&#x27;s an anomalous stat because Greenland is so sparsely populated. I can&#x27;t help but feel you&#x27;re making an <i>incredibly</i> dishonest argument.<p>The Denmark mainland is on the list too, which is worth mentioning. It&#x27;s ranked #202, with 47 homicides. Sure, the population is that of a smallish US state - it&#x27;d be somewhere around the 20th most-populous state - but the US had twelve <i>thousand</i> murders in the year listed. The rate is more than four <i>times</i> higher. Not a single US state, as of 2010, had a lower murder rate than Denmark&#x27;s 0.8&#x2F;100k.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Gun_violence_in_the_United_Sta...</a><p>&gt; You don&#x27;t need a gun to kill someone, and I would wager most murder occurs through some sort of beating&#x2F;strangulation.<p>Oh come on, google it. The stats are hardly tentative.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s&#x2F;2014&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s.-2014&#x2F;offenses-known-to-law-enforcement&#x2F;violent-crime" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s&#x2F;2014&#x2F;...</a><p>&gt; Information collected regarding types of weapons used in violent crime showed that firearms were used in 67.9 percent of the nation’s murders<p>The back years are posted here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.fbi.gov&#x2F;about-us&#x2F;cjis&#x2F;ucr&#x2F;crime-in-the-u.s</a><p>2014 wasn&#x27;t a fluke. Two thirds of murders in the US are committed with guns.<p>&gt; Gun control is more-or-less just a politically charged topic that is used to garner votes from the public based on emotional pleas.<p>At least we can agree on this. For some reason people react emotionally to violent crime, go figure. What&#x27;s unfortunate is that it doesn&#x27;t (and realistically never will) garner nearly enough votes to enact policies that could put a dent in the murders.