Where are the statistics on people killed? So far in these postings I have only seen "gun crime" numbers.
Google on “Why Britain needs More Guns” for an interesting article from the BBC website.
Well here’s some statistics on that matter:
Gun deaths per 100,000 population (1999):
GB: 0.12
US: 4.08
Following links from the post....
http://www.crimestatistics.org.uk/output/Page40.asp
Homicides
The real increase is in total violent crimes... look around the site.