Top 10 nations for mass shootings – something jumps out about gun laws

by Rachel Alexander | October 4, 2015 4:14 pm

Anders Behring Breivik[1]

Norway’s mass murderer Anders Breivik in a staged picture taken from his internet ‘manifesto

President Obama claims that countries with strict gun control laws have fewer mass shootings. But is he correct?[2]

IJ Review did an investigation, in a comparison of countries that controlled for population differences,

The bottom line: The United States falls from number one due to its frequency of 38 mass shootings from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2013 (which would be number one without correcting for population) to number seven.

The U.S.’ index of 0.12 per 5,000,000 places it behind Norway (recall the Anders Breivik massacre), Finland, Slovakia, Israel, and Switzerland – at half the ratio.

Another thing one might note: The top 5 countries for mass shootings per capita all have “restrictive” gun policies.

chart[3]

Next time someone says gun control works, show them this chart and ask them if they’d like to move to one of those top five countries to feel “safer.”

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/andrsbrvk.jpg
  2. But is he correct?: http://www.ijreview.com/2015/10/348197-new-obama-said-mass-shootings-dont-happen-in-advanced-countries-like-in-us-one-chart-proves-him-wrong/
  3. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/chart.jpg

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