American Gun Use Is Out Of Control. Shouldn’t The World Intervene?
” That’s America, we say, as news of the latest massacre breaks – last week it was the slaughter of 12 people by Aaron Alexis at Washington DC’s navy yard – and move on. But what if we no longer thought of this as just a problem for America and, instead, viewed it as an international humanitarian crisis – a quasi civil war, if you like, that calls for outside intervention? As citizens of the world, perhaps we should demand an end to the unimaginable suffering of victims and their families – the maiming and killing of children – just as America does in every new civil conflict around the globe.
The annual toll from firearms in the US is running at 32,000 deaths * and climbing, even though the general crime rate is on a downward path (it is 40% lower than in 1980). If this perennial slaughter doesn’t qualify for intercession by the UN and all relevant NGOs, it is hard to know what does.“
* This is a bogus number as the FBI Homicide statistics show . In reality the total of ALL homicides annually regardless of method used is less than half of the number cited .
The author can include suicides if he wants but that is a red herring . The suicide rate has no bearing whatsoever on public safety . In fact there is a strong argument to be made from the libertarian side that a person should have the right to end his/her own life should they so choose , but that’s a matter for a different post .
United States Crime Rates 1960 – 2012
Forcible Aggravated Larceny- Vehicle Year Population Total Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery assault Burglary Theft Theft 1960 179,323,175 3,384,200 288,460 3,095,700 9,110 17,190 107,840 154,320 912,100 1,855,400 328,200 1961 182,992,000 3,488,000 289,390 3,198,600 8,740 17,220 106,670 156,760 949,600 1,913,000 336,000 1962 185,771,000 3,752,200 301,510 3,450,700 8,530 17,550 110,860 164,570 994,300 2,089,600 366,800 1963 188,483,000 4,109,500 316,970 3,792,500 8,640 17,650 116,470 174,210 1,086,400 2,297,800 408,300 1964 191,141,000 4,564,600 364,220 4,200,400 9,360 21,420 130,390 203,050 1,213,200 2,514,400 472,800 1965 193,526,000 4,739,400 387,390 4,352,000 9,960 23,410 138,690 215,330 1,282,500 2,572,600 496,900 1966 195,576,000 5,223,500 430,180 4,793,300 11,040 25,820 157,990 235,330 1,410,100 2,822,000 561,200 1967 197,457,000 5,903,400 499,930 5,403,500 12,240 27,620 202,910 257,160 1,632,100 3,111,600 659,800 1968 199,399,000 6,720,200 595,010 6,125,200 13,800 31,670 262,840 286,700 1,858,900 3,482,700 783,600 1969 201,385,000 7,410,900 661,870 6,749,000 14,760 37,170 298,850 311,090 1,981,900 3,888,600 878,500 1970 203,235,298 8,098,000 738,820 7,359,200 16,000 37,990 349,860 334,970 2,205,000 4,225,800 928,400 1971 206,212,000 8,588,200 816,500 7,771,700 17,780 42,260 387,700 368,760 2,399,300 4,424,200 948,200 1972 208,230,000 8,248,800 834,900 7,413,900 18,670 46,850 376,290 393,090 2,375,500 4,151,200 887,200 1973 209,851,000 8,718,100 875,910 7,842,200 19,640 51,400 384,220 420,650 2,565,500 4,347,900 928,800 1974 211,392,000 10,253,400 974,720 9,278,700 20,710 55,400 442,400 456,210 3,039,200 5,262,500 977,100 1975 213,124,000 11,292,400 1,039,710 10,252,700 20,510 56,090 470,500 492,620 3,265,300 5,977,700 1,009,600 1976 214,659,000 11,349,700 1,004,210 10,345,500 18,780 57,080 427,810 500,530 3,108,700 6,270,800 966,000 1977 216,332,000 10,984,500 1,029,580 9,955,000 19,120 63,500 412,610 534,350 3,071,500 5,905,700 977,700 1978 218,059,000 11,209,000 1,085,550 10,123,400 19,560 67,610 426,930 571,460 3,128,300 5,991,000 1,004,100 1979 220,099,000 12,249,500 1,208,030 11,041,500 21,460 76,390 480,700 629,480 3,327,700 6,601,000 1,112,800 1980 225,349,264 13,408,300 1,344,520 12,063,700 23,040 82,990 565,840 672,650 3,795,200 7,136,900 1,131,700 1981 229,146,000 13,423,800 1,361,820 12,061,900 22,520 82,500 592,910 663,900 3,779,700 7,194,400 1,087,800 1982 231,534,000 12,974,400 1,322,390 11,652,000 21,010 78,770 553,130 669,480 3,447,100 7,142,500 1,062,400 1983 233,981,000 12,108,600 1,258,090 10,850,500 19,310 78,920 506,570 653,290 3,129,900 6,712,800 1,007,900 1984 236,158,000 11,881,800 1,273,280 10,608,500 18,690 84,230 485,010 685,350 2,984,400 6,591,900 1,032,200 1985 238,740,000 12,431,400 1,328,800 11,102,600 18,980 88,670 497,870 723,250 3,073,300 6,926,400 1,102,900 1986 240,132,887 13,211,869 1,489,169 11,722,700 20,613 91,459 542,775 834,322 3,241,410 7,257,153 1,224,137 1987 242,282,918 13,508,700 1,483,999 12,024,700 20,096 91,110 517,704 855,088 3,236,184 7,499,900 1,288,674 1988 245,807,000 13,923,100 1,566,220 12,356,900 20,680 92,490 542,970 910,090 3,218,100 7,705,900 1,432,900 1989 248,239,000 14,251,400 1,646,040 12,605,400 21,500 94,500 578,330 951,710 3,168,200 7,872,400 1,564,800 1990 248,709,873 14,475,600 1,820,130 12,655,500 23,440 102,560 639,270 1,054,860 3,073,900 7,945,700 1,635,900 1991 252,177,000 14,872,900 1,911,770 12,961,100 24,700 106,590 687,730 1,092,740 3,157,200 8,142,200 1,661,700 1992 255,082,000 14,438,200 1,932,270 12,505,900 23,760 109,060 672,480 1,126,970 2,979,900 7,915,200 1,610,800 1993 257,908,000 14,144,800 1,926,020 12,218,800 24,530 106,010 659,870 1,135,610 2,834,800 7,820,900 1,563,100 1994 260,341,000 13,989,500 1,857,670 12,131,900 23,330 102,220 618,950 1,113,180 2,712,800 7,879,800 1,539,300 1995 262,755,000 13,862,700 1,798,790 12,063,900 21,610 97,470 580,510 1,099,210 2,593,800 7,997,700 1,472,400 1996 265,228,572 13,493,863 1,688,540 11,805,300 19,650 96,250 535,590 1,037,050 2,506,400 7,904,700 1,394,200 1997 267,637,000 13,194,571 1,634,770 11,558,175 18,208 96,153 498,534 1,023,201 2,460,526 7,743,760 1,354,189 1998 270,296,000 12,475,634 1,531,044 10,944,590 16,914 93,103 446,625 974,402 2,329,950 7,373,886 1,240,754 1999 272,690,813 11,634,378 1,426,044 10,208,334 15,522 89,411 409,371 911,740 2,100,739 6,955,520 1,152,075 2000 281,421,906 11,608,072 1,425,486 10,182,586 15,586 90,178 408,016 911,706 2,050,992 6,971,590 1,160,002 2001 285,317,559 11,876,669 1,439,480 10,437,480 16,037 90,863 423,557 909,023 2,116,531 7,092,267 1,228,391 2002 287,973,924 11,878,954 1,423,677 10,455,277 16,229 95,235 420,806 891,407 2,151,252 7,057,370 1,246,646 2003 290,690,788 11,826,538 1,383,676 10,442,862 16,528 93,883 414,235 859,030 2,154,834 7,026,802 1,261,226 2004 293,656,842 11,679,474 1,360,088 10,319,386 16,148 95,089 401,470 847,381 2,144,446 6,937,089 1,237,851 2005 296,507,061 11,565,499 1,390,745 10,174,754 16,740 94,347 417,438 862,220 2,155,448 6,783,447 1,235,859 2006 299,398,484 11,401,511 1,418,043 9,983,568 17,030 92,757 447,403 860,853 2,183,746 6,607,013 1,192,809 2007 301,621,157 11,251,828 1,408,337 9,843,481 16,929 90,427 445,125 855,856 2,176,140 6,568,572 1,095,769 2008 304,374,846 11,160,543 1,392,628 9,767,915 16,442 90,479 443,574 842,134 2,228,474 6,588,046 958,629 2009 307,006,550 10,762,956 1,325,896 9,337,060 15,399 89,241 408,742 812,514 2,203,313 6,338,095 795,652 2010 309,330,219 10,363,873 1,251,248 9,112,625 14,772 85,593 369,089 781,844 2,168,457 6,204,601 739,565 2011 311,587,817 10,258,774 1,206,031 9,052,743 14,661 84,175 354,772 752,423 2,185,140 6,151,095 716,508 2012 313,914,040 10,189,902 1,214,464 8,975,438 14,827 84,376 354,522 760,739 2,103,787 6,150,598 721,053
As the above chart shows the murder rate peaked in 1980 and has been generally headed downward ever since .
To simplify matters here are the odds of an American being murdered on a per capita basis from 1960 to the present , decade by decade :
1960 – 1 in 19,684
1970 – 1 in 12,702
1980 – 1 in 9,781
1990 – 1 in 10,610
2000 – 1 in 18,056
2010 – 1 in 20,940
2012 – 1 in 21,172
While these figures include murder of all kinds and not just firearms deaths the trend is clear . The individual American is safer today than at any time in the past half century . What has changed for the worse is the sensationalism and dishonesty of the mainstream media and it’s creation of the 24 hour news feed .
The ever present desire for ratings combined with the media becoming more and more of a government handmaiden has created the illusion of a country awash in violence when , in fact , the opposite is the case .
See for yourself . Below are the crime stats from 1960 through the present on a per capita basis .
United States Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants
Forcible Aggravated Larceny- Vehicle Year Population Total Violent Property Murder Rape Robbery assault Burglary Theft Theft 1960 179,323,175 1,887.2 160.9 1,726.3 5.1 9.6 60.1 86.1 508.6 1,034.7 183.0 1961 182,992,000 1,906.1 158.1 1,747.9 4.8 9.4 58.3 85.7 518.9 1,045.4 183.6 1962 185,771,000 2,019.8 162.3 1,857.5 4.6 9.4 59.7 88.6 535.2 1,124.8 197.4 1963 188,483,000 2,180.3 168.2 2,012.1 4.6 9.4 61.8 92.4 576.4 1,219.1 216.6 1964 191,141,000 2,388.1 190.6 2,197.5 4.9 11.2 68.2 106.2 634.7 1,315.5 247.4 1965 193,526,000 2,449.0 200.2 2,248.8 5.1 12.1 71.7 111.3 662.7 1,329.3 256.8 1966 195,576,000 2,670.8 220.0 2,450.9 5.6 13.2 80.8 120.3 721.0 1,442.9 286.9 1967 197,457,000 2,989.7 253.2 2,736.5 6.2 14.0 102.8 130.2 826.6 1,575.8 334.1 1968 199,399,000 3,370.2 298.4 3,071.8 6.9 15.9 131.8 143.8 932.3 1,746.6 393.0 1969 201,385,000 3,680.0 328.7 3,351.3 7.3 18.5 148.4 154.5 984.1 1,930.9 436.2 1970 203,235,298 3,984.5 363.5 3,621.0 7.9 18.7 172.1 164.8 1,084.9 2,079.3 456.8 1971 206,212,000 4,164.7 396.0 3,768.8 8.6 20.5 188.0 178.8 1,163.5 2,145.5 459.8 1972 208,230,000 3,961.4 401.0 3,560.4 9.0 22.5 180.7 188.8 1,140.8 1,993.6 426.1 1973 209,851,000 4,154.4 417.4 3,737.0 9.4 24.5 183.1 200.5 1,222.5 2,071.9 442.6 1974 211,392,000 4,850.4 461.1 4,389.3 9.8 26.2 209.3 215.8 1,437.7 2,489.5 462.2 1975 213,124,000 5,298.5 487.8 4,810.7 9.6 26.3 220.8 231.1 1,532.1 2,804.8 473.7 1976 214,659,000 5,287.3 467.8 4,819.5 8.7 26.6 199.3 233.2 1,448.2 2,921.3 450.0 1977 216,332,000 5,077.6 475.9 4,601.7 8.8 29.4 190.7 247.0 1,419.8 2,729.9 451.9 1978 218,059,000 5,140.4 497.8 4,642.5 9.0 31.0 195.8 262.1 1,434.6 2,747.4 460.5 1979 220,099,000 5,565.5 548.9 5,016.6 9.8 34.7 218.4 286.0 1,511.9 2,999.1 505.6 1980 225,349,264 5,950.0 596.6 5,353.3 10.2 36.8 251.1 298.5 1,684.1 3,167.0 502.2 1981 229,146,000 5,858.2 594.3 5,263.8 9.8 36.0 258.7 289.7 1,649.5 3,139.7 474.7 1982 231,534,000 5,603.7 571.1 5,032.5 9.1 34.0 238.9 289.1 1,488.8 3,084.9 458.9 1983 233,981,000 5,175.0 537.7 4,637.3 8.3 33.7 216.5 279.2 1,337.7 2,869.0 430.8 1984 236,158,000 5,031.3 539.2 4,492.1 7.9 35.7 205.4 290.2 1,263.7 2,791.3 437.1 1985 238,740,000 5,207.1 556.6 4,650.5 8.0 37.1 208.5 302.9 1,287.3 2,901.2 462.0 1986 240,132,887 5,480.4 620.1 4,881.8 8.6 38.1 226.0 347.4 1,349.8 3,022.1 509.8 1987 243,400,000 5,550.0 609.7 4,940.3 8.3 37.4 212.7 351.3 1,329.6 3,081.3 529.5 1988 245,807,000 5,664.2 637.2 5,027.1 8.4 37.6 220.9 370.2 1,309.2 3,134.9 582.9 1989 248,239,000 5,741.0 663.1 5,077.9 8.7 38.1 233.0 383.4 1,276.3 3,171.3 630.4 1990 248,709,873 5,820.3 731.8 5,088.5 9.4 41.2 257.0 424.1 1,235.9 3,194.8 657.8 1991 252,177,000 5,897.8 758.1 5,139.7 9.8 42.3 272.7 433.3 1,252.0 3,228.8 658.9 1992 255,082,000 5,660.2 757.5 4,902.7 9.3 42.8 263.6 441.8 1,168.2 3,103.0 631.5 1993 257,908,000 5,484.4 746.8 4,737.7 9.5 41.1 255.9 440.3 1,099.2 3,032.4 606.1 1994 260,341,000 5,373.5 713.6 4,660.0 9.0 39.3 237.7 427.6 1,042.0 3,026.7 591.3 1995 262,755,000 5,274.9 684.5 4,591.3 8.2 37.1 220.9 418.3 987.1 3,043.8 560.4 1996 265,284,000 5,087.6 636.6 4,451.0 7.4 36.3 201.9 390.9 945.0 2,980.3 525.7 1997 267,637,000 4,927.3 611.0 4,316.3 6.8 35.9 186.1 382.1 919.6 2,891.8 505.7 1998 270,296,000 4,615.5 566.4 4,049.1 6.3 34.4 165.2 360.5 862.0 2,728.1 459.0 1999 272,690,813 4,266.5 523.0 3,743.6 5.7 32.8 150.1 334.3 770.4 2,550.7 422.5 2000 281,421,906 4,124.8 506.5 3,618.3 5.5 32.0 145.0 324.0 728.8 2,477.3 412.2 2001 285,317,559 4,162.6 504.5 3,658.1 5.6 31.8 148.5 318.6 741.8 2,485.7 430.5 2002 287,973,924 4,125.0 494.4 3,630.6 5.6 33.1 146.1 309.5 747.0 2,450.7 432.9 2003 290,690,788 4,067.0 475.8 3,591.2 5.7 32.3 142.5 295.4 741.0 2,416.5 433.7 2004 293,656,842 3,977.3 463.2 3,514.1 5.5 32.4 136.7 288.6 730.3 2,362.3 421.5 2005 296,507,061 3,900.5 469.0 3,431.5 5.6 31.8 140.8 290.8 726.9 2,287.8 416.8 2006 299,398,484 3,808.1 473.6 3,334.5 5.7 30.9 149.4 287.5 729.4 2,206.8 398.4 2007 301,621,157 3,730.4 466.9 3,263.5 5.6 30.0 147.6 283.8 722.5 2,177.8 363.3 2008 304,374,846 3,669.0 457.5 3,211.5 5.4 29.7 145.7 276.7 732.1 2,167.0 314.7 2009 307,006,550 3,465.5 431.9 3,036.1 5.0 29.1 133.1 264.7 717.7 2,064.5 259.2 2010 309,330,219 3,350.4 404.5 2,945.9 4.8 27.7 119.3 252.8 701.0 2,005.8 239.1 2011 311,587,817 3,292.5 387.1 2,905.4 4.7 27.0 113.9 241.5 701.3 1,974.1 230.0 2012 313,914,040 3,246.1 386.9 2,859.2 4.7 26.9 112.9 242.3 670.2 1,959.3 229.7
A quick review of the above table reveals that the rates for violent crime , property crime , rape ,robbery , larceny and auto theft all peaked in 1991 . The rates for murder and burglary peaked in 1980 and assault in 1992 .
The Statists control the “bully pulpit” and thus would have us believe that we are under siege and in need of an armed intervention . It all boils down to Rahm Emanuel’s ” never let a crisis go to waste ” statement with the added caveat that if there is no crisis , manufacture one .
Here is additional food for thought .
Murder Rates By Country
UNODC murder rates most recent year (full table here) Country Rate Count Region Subregion Burundi
21.7 1,726 Africa Eastern Africa Comoros
12.2 85 Africa Eastern Africa Djibouti
3.4 29 Africa Eastern Africa Eritrea
17.8 879 Africa Eastern Africa Ethiopia
25.5 20,239 Africa Eastern Africa Kenya
20.1 7,733 Africa Eastern Africa Madagascar
8.1 1,588 Africa Eastern Africa Malawi
36.0 5,039 Africa Eastern Africa Mauritius
2.5 33 Africa Eastern Africa Mozambique
8.8 1,925 Africa Eastern Africa Rwanda
17.1 1,708 Africa Eastern Africa Seychelles
8.3 7 Africa Eastern Africa Somalia
1.5 138+ Africa Eastern Africa Uganda
36.3 11,373 Africa Eastern Africa Tanzania
24.5 10,357 Africa Eastern Africa Zambia
38.0 4,710 Africa Eastern Africa Zimbabwe
14.3 1,775 Africa Eastern Africa Angola
19.0 3,426 Africa Middle Africa Cameroon
19.7 3,700 Africa Middle Africa Central African Republic
29.3 1,240 Africa Middle Africa Chad
15.8 1,686 Africa Middle Africa Congo
30.8 1,180 Africa Middle Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo
21.7 13,558 Africa Middle Africa Equatorial Guinea
20.7 137 Africa Middle Africa São Tomé and Príncipe
1.9 3 Africa Middle Africa Gabon
13.8 200 Africa Middle Africa Algeria
1.5 516 Africa Northern Africa Egypt
1.2 992 Africa Northern Africa Libya
2.9 176+ Africa Northern Africa Morocco
1.4 447 Africa Northern Africa Sudan
24.2 10,028++ Africa Northern Africa Tunisia
1.1 117 Africa Northern Africa Botswana
14.5 287 Africa Southern Africa Lesotho
35.2 764 Africa Southern Africa Namibia
17.2 352 Africa Southern Africa South Africa
31.8 15,940 Africa Southern Africa Swaziland
12.9 141 Africa Southern Africa Benin
15.1 1,262 Africa Western Africa Burkina Faso
18.0 2,876 Africa Western Africa Cape Verde
11.6 56 Africa Western Africa Ivory Coast
56.9 10,801 Africa Western Africa Gambia
10.8 106 Africa Western Africa Ghana
15.7 3,646 Africa Western Africa Guinea
22.5 2,152 Africa Western Africa Guinea-Bissau
20.2 294 Africa Western Africa Liberia
10.1 371 Africa Western Africa Mali
8.0 1,157 Africa Western Africa Mauritania
14.7 485 Africa Western Africa Niger
3.8 552 Africa Western Africa Nigeria
12.2 18,422 Africa Western Africa Senegal
8.7 1,027 Africa Western Africa Sierra Leone
14.9 837 Africa Western Africa Togo
10.9 627 Africa Western Africa Anguilla
6.8 1 Americas Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda
6.8 6 Americas Caribbean Bahamas
27.4 94 Americas Caribbean Barbados
11.3 31 Americas Caribbean British Virgin Islands
8.6 2 Americas Caribbean Cayman Islands
8.4 5 Americas Caribbean Cuba
5.0 563 Americas Caribbean Dominica
22.1 15 Americas Caribbean Dominican Republic
25.0 2,513 Americas Caribbean Grenada
11.5 12 Americas Caribbean Guadeloupe
7.0 32 Americas Caribbean Haiti
6.9 689 Americas Caribbean Jamaica
40.9 1,125 Americas Caribbean Martinique
4.2 17 Americas Caribbean Montserrat
19.7 1 Americas Caribbean Puerto Rico
26.2 983 Americas Caribbean Saint Kitts and Nevis
38.2 20 Americas Caribbean Saint Lucia
25.2 44 Americas Caribbean Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22.9 25 Americas Caribbean Trinidad and Tobago
35.2 472 Americas Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands
8.7 3 Americas Caribbean U.S. Virgin Islands
39.2 43 Americas Caribbean Belize
41.4 129 Americas Central America Costa Rica
10.0 474 Americas Central America El Salvador
69.2 4,308 Americas Central America Guatemala
38.5 5,681 Americas Central America Honduras
91.6 7,104 Americas Central America Mexico
23.7 27,199+ Americas Central America Nicaragua
12.6 738 Americas Central America Panama
21.6 759 Americas Central America Bermuda
12.3 8 Americas Northern America Canada
1.6 554 Americas Northern America United States
4.8 14,748 Americas Northern America Argentina
3.4 1,360 Americas South America Bolivia
8.9 884 Americas South America Brazil
21.0 40,974 Americas South America Chile
3.7 639 Americas South America Colombia
31.4 14,746+ Americas South America Ecuador
18.2 2,638 Americas South America French Guiana
13.3 30 Americas South America Guyana
18.6 140 Americas South America Paraguay
11.5 741 Americas South America Peru
10.3 2,969 Americas South America Suriname
4.6 24 Americas South America Uruguay
5.9 199 Americas South America Venezuela
45.1 13,080 Americas South America Kazakhstan
8.8 1,418 Asia Central Asia Kyrgyzstan
20.1 1,072 Asia Central Asia Tajikistan
2.1 143 Asia Central Asia Turkmenistan
4.2 203 Asia Central Asia Uzbekistan
3.1 831 Asia Central Asia China
1.0 13,410 Asia Eastern Asia Taiwan
3.2 743 Asia Eastern Asia North Korea
15.2 3,658 Asia Eastern Asia Hong Kong
0.2 17 Asia Eastern Asia Japan
0.4 506 Asia Eastern Asia Macau
0.7 4 Asia Eastern Asia Mongolia
8.7 239 Asia Eastern Asia South Korea[note 1][note 2]
2.6 1,251 Asia Eastern Asia Brunei
0.5 2 Asia South-Eastern Asia Cambodia
3.4 448 Asia South-Eastern Asia Indonesia
8.1 18,963 Asia South-Eastern Asia Laos
4.6 279 Asia South-Eastern Asia Malaysia
2.3 604 Asia South-Eastern Asia Myanmar
10.2 4,800 Asia South-Eastern Asia Philippines
5.4 4,947 Asia South-Eastern Asia Singapore
0.3 16 Asia South-Eastern Asia Thailand
4.8 3,307 Asia South-Eastern Asia Timor-Leste
6.9 75 Asia South-Eastern Asia Vietnam
1.6 1,346 Asia South-Eastern Asia Afghanistan
2.4 712+ Asia Southern Asia Bangladesh
2.7 3,988 Asia Southern Asia Bhutan
1.0 7 Asia Southern Asia India
3.5 42,923+ Asia Southern Asia Iran
3.0 2,215 Asia Southern Asia Maldives
1.6 5 Asia Southern Asia Nepal
2.8 818 Asia Southern Asia Pakistan
7.8 13,860+ Asia Southern Asia Sri Lanka
3.6 745 Asia Southern Asia Armenia
1.4 44 Asia Western Asia Azerbaijan
2.2 206 Asia Western Asia Bahrain
0.6 6 Asia Western Asia Cyprus
1.7 19 Asia Western Asia Iraq
2.0 608+ Asia Western Asia Israel
2.1 159+ Asia Western Asia Jordan
1.8 100 Asia Western Asia Kuwait
2.2 59 Asia Western Asia Lebanon
2.2 95 Asia Western Asia Palestine
4.1 145+ Asia Western Asia Oman
0.7 18 Asia Western Asia Qatar
0.9 13 Asia Western Asia Saudi Arabia
1.0 265+ Asia Western Asia Syria
2.3 463+ Asia Western Asia Turkey
3.3 2,320 Asia Western Asia United Arab Emirates
0.8 39 Asia Western Asia Yemen
4.2 990+ Asia Western Asia Belarus
4.9 473 Europe Eastern Europe Bulgaria
2.0 147 Europe Eastern Europe Czech Republic
1.7 181 Europe Eastern Europe Georgia
4.3 187 Europe Eastern Europe Hungary
1.3 133 Europe Eastern Europe Poland
1.1 436 Europe Eastern Europe Moldova
7.5 267 Europe Eastern Europe Romania
2.0 421 Europe Eastern Europe Russia
10.2 14,574 Europe Eastern Europe Slovakia
1.5 84 Europe Eastern Europe Ukraine
5.2 2,356 Europe Eastern Europe Denmark
0.9 47 Europe Northern Europe Estonia
5.2 70 Europe Northern Europe Finland
2.2 118 Europe Northern Europe Greenland
19.2 11 Europe Northern Europe Iceland
0.3 1 Europe Northern Europe Ireland
1.2 54 Europe Northern Europe Latvia
3.1 70 Europe Northern Europe Lithuania
6.6 219 Europe Northern Europe Norway
0.6 29 Europe Northern Europe Sweden
1.0 91 Europe Northern Europe United Kingdom
1.2 722 Europe Northern Europe Albania
4.0 127 Europe Southern Europe Andorra
1.3 1 Europe Southern Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.5 56 Europe Southern Europe Croatia
1.4 62 Europe Southern Europe Greece
1.5 176 Europe Southern Europe Italy
0.9 529 Europe Southern Europe Malta
1.0 4 Europe Southern Europe Montenegro
3.5 22 Europe Southern Europe Portugal
1.2 124 Europe Southern Europe Serbia
1.2 123 Europe Southern Europe Slovenia
0.7 15 Europe Southern Europe Spain
0.8 390 Europe Southern Europe Macedonia
1.9 40 Europe Southern Europe Austria
0.6 56 Europe Western Europe Belgium
1.7 180 Europe Western Europe France
1.1 682 Europe Western Europe Germany
0.8 690 Europe Western Europe Liechtenstein
2.8 1 Europe Western Europe Luxembourg
2.5 12 Europe Western Europe Monaco
0.0 0 Europe Western Europe Netherlands
1.1 179 Europe Western Europe Switzerland
0.7 52 Europe Western Europe Australia
1.0 229 Oceania Australasia New Zealand
0.9 39 Oceania Australasia Fiji
2.8 23 Oceania Melanesia Papua New Guinea
13.0 854 Oceania Melanesia Solomon Islands
3.7 19 Oceania Melanesia Vanuatu
0.9 2 Oceania Melanesia Guam
0.6 1 Oceania Micronesia Kiribati
7.3 7 Oceania Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia
0.9 1 Oceania Micronesia Nauru
9.8 1 Oceania Micronesia Palau
0.0 0 Oceania Micronesia French Polynesia
0.4 1 Oceania Polynesia Samoa
1.1 2 Oceania Polynesia Tonga
1.0 1 Oceania Polynesia
According to the above table virtually ALL of Eastern Europe , South America , Africa and Asia have drastically higher murder rates than the US yet we don’t hear any calls for intervention there . In closing we would say ” Mind Your Own Damn Business ” . We have a handle on our crime rates . Find someone who doesn’t and offer your ideas to them .
Perhaps you should take a look out your window Mr Porter .
Further Reading : Violent crime rates: United Kingdom versus the United States
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