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		akerro on April 3, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Report of Active Shooter at YouTube HQ It's not like these things don't happen in: Switzerland, Germany, UK, Sweden or Finland, right? I didn't have to search far, news from today https://news.sky.com/story/teenage-girl-shot-dead-in-north-l...

mpweiher on April 3, 2018 [–]

Homicide rates in these countries are roughly 1/4th to 1/3rd of the US.

Gun homicides ~ 1/10th.

akerro on April 9, 2018 | [–]

UK has almost 20x less guns per citizen, Sweden 5x less...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_c...

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