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Australia’s Gun Laws Are Not a Model for America
Personal conflicts biggest cause of murders in U.S.
“The pattern that stands out the most is we see a lot of intimate partner violence, mental health problems and substance abuse,” said the CDC’s Debra Karch, who led the study.
While police and politicians may stress crime-fighting to try to lower murder rates, the study suggests that equipping people to better handle conflict may be more effective.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-deaths-usa/personal-conflicts-biggest-cause-of-murders-in-u-s-idUSTRE64C53R20100513
From 2006-2016, almost 6,885 people in the U.S. died from unintentional shootings. In 2016 alone, there were 495 incidents of accidental firearm deaths.
From 2005-2014, there were an average of 3,536 fatal unintentional drownings (non-boating related) annually in the United States — about ten deaths per day.1 An additional 332 people died each year from drowning in boating-related incidents.2
so about 3900 total per year according to the cdc vs 495 via firearms
According to the CDC, unintentional poisoning is the leading cause of injury death for all age groups.
and it's going up, not down.
I question the priorities of people who make arguments similar to the ones you do.
Australia-island, no bordering countries
Australia has an average population density of 3.3 persons per square kilometre of total land area, which makes it is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
here's the U.S. so you can compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population_density
17 cities with 100k or more population
here's the U.S. list, you can count them https://www.infoplease.com/us/us-cities/us-cities-population-over-100000
we can get into population size and racial demographics but I don't think it's really necessary since just the physical difference alone are good enough
but here take it from an Australian, pay careful attention to #6 if the U.S. can and should learn anything from Australia is this.
“The pattern that stands out the most is we see a lot of intimate partner violence, mental health problems and substance abuse,” said the CDC’s Debra Karch, who led the study.
While police and politicians may stress crime-fighting to try to lower murder rates, the study suggests that equipping people to better handle conflict may be more effective.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-deaths-usa/personal-conflicts-biggest-cause-of-murders-in-u-s-idUSTRE64C53R20100513
lmk if you'd like to read more and I can copy and paste some old ddo stuff here as well.
