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07.22.12
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Gun Homicides & Gun Ownership Listed by Country (2012)

TITLE: Gun Homicides & Gun Ownership Listed by Country (2012)
SOURCE: Guardian (UK)
AUTHOR(s): Simon Rogers
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/jul/22/gun-homicides-ownership-world-list

INTERACTIVE MAP: http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/jul/22/gun-ownership-homicides-map

NOTES: Includes data from two databases: UNODC Crime Survey & 2007 Small Arms Survey to create a sortable database of gun ownership & crime rates by country. Although USA ranks 27th globally in firearm homicide rate/100,000, the 26 countries ahead of USA are mostly small, third-world, poor, recent history of war/civil war, etc. USA worse than all large, well-developed countries.

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