> Marc Carter quoted from Salon (05 March 2005): > > > "There were 152 homicides by firearms in Canada in 2002, according to > > federal statistics, compared with 11,829 homicides by guns in the United > > States for that same year.
And Chris replied: > > True, but the homicide rate in Canada was 1/10 that in the US long > before the gun registry law came into effect <amusing anecdote snipped> I was curious about that. Using the above statistics and 2004 population figures (what I could get) produces the following: Canada gun homicides: 152 in 2002 population in 2004: 32,507,874 homicide rate: 4.7 per million USA gun homicides: 11,829 population in 2004: 293,027,571 homicide rate: 40.4 per million (assuming I've got those pesky zeros straight) which works out that the Canadian rate is just a bit more than 1/10th that of the American, just as Chris claims. Or that the American rate is 9 times higher. Of course, the rate of freezing to death is much higher in Canada. Remember, cold doesn't kill people. It's standing outside in winter naked that kills people. And what this has to do with evolution in Kansas is beyond me. Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
