Guns and the US Second Amendment.

Guns and the US Second Amendment. By WiIlis Eschenbach.

Source:

Global Firearms Holdings, Small Arms Survey smallarmssurvey.org/database/globa Civilian Firearms Holdings, 2017 (annex table), Small Arms Survey smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/ Estimating Global Civilian-Held Firearms Numbers, Small Arms Survey Briefing Paper 2018 smallarmssurvey.org/sites/default/

UNODC – Global Study on Homicide (data portal and reports) unodc.org/unodc/en/data- Our World in Data – Homicide rate (UNODC and UN WPP underlying data) ourworldindata.org/grapher/homici World Bank – Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people) indicator VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.I

It’s worth bearing in mind that the per capita rate of gun homicide by whites in the US is the same as it is in Europe, but for blacks it is the same as it is in Africa. Hence, overall, per capita gun violence is higher in the US than in Europe. Or at least it was — given the current immigration trends, it will be getting closer.