A new study has found that global gun deaths have passed 250,000 per year, with the US and five other countries in the Americas making up half the total fatalities. Its writers call it “a major public health problem for humanity.”
Tallying gun deaths in 195 different countries and territories from 1990 to 2016, the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that gun deaths rose from 209,000 deaths in 1990 to 251,000 in 2016.
Contributing to more than half of all gun deaths in 2016 was a collective of the United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico. Here, researchers found death rates rose to 40 per 100,000 in some places. They attributed the drugs trade and economic instability as contributing factors to the high rate.
Two thirds of the global deaths were homicides, with 27 percent attributed to suicides and 9 percent were accidental.
In the US, where the polarizing issue of gun ownership and regulation has been at the fore of public debate in the wake of recent mass shootings, gun deaths rose from 35,800 in 1990 to 37,200 in 2016.
However, the majority of US gun deaths were suicides, which increased from 19,700 to 23,800 during the same period. At 6 per 100,000, gun suicides the US ranks second for gun suicides behind Greenland who recorded 22 per 100,000. However, in Greenland, that just amounted to 11 deaths.
El Salvador ranked the highest in global gun deaths at nearly 40 per 100,000 people, while Singapore ranked lowest, with just 0.1 deaths per 100,000.
The numbers reflect more than “how many guns are around in a country,” said lead author Dr. Christopher Murray, a professor of health metrics at the University of Washington.
Noting that cultural beliefs about guns and suicide vary widely around the world, he added, “That’s where we get this incredible range of firearm deaths.”
https://www.rt.com/news/437146-gun-deaths-hit-quarter-million/
what a crock of Hillary ……7 billion people divided by 250K global gun deaths =.000036
oops that’s 250k divided by 7 billion
I would have much preferred the survey focused on illegal possession of guns instead of all guns.
I don’t know what country you are referring to, but according to the 2nd Article of my Bill of Rights, there is no such thing as an illegal possession of a gun.
Damn, Henry… I’m slippin’!
I blew right past that.
I’m blaming it on that Ace of Spades… 27.5% THC.
LOL… I should probably leave the stronger stuff alone in the morning. 🙄
27.5%!??!
Wowsers, that’s some potent stuff.
And as far as this article is concerned, it is what some call fake news.
If I feel this sort of news is offensive, I do not consume it. I do not ask the government to protect me from it. Them are sheeple. I don’t want to be farmed.
27.5%. I’d be happy if my one plant was half that. We shall see.
LOL… that’s not even the strongest I have right now (I buy nothing under 20% anymore)… that would be the Chemdawg at 31.3%. It’s a 55/45 Indica dominant. The Ace of Spades is of unknown lineage. I prefer Indica, or Indica dominant hybrid strains. Pure Indicas are getting harder to find, but I have 2 at present – Hindu Kush – 20%, and Jaeger (which I just smoked on my after-article-send-in cancer cure break) at 23.6%. I need the tranquilizing effect just to deal with the escalating insanity I see daily here, and on the rest of the internet.
The highest known THC % is 34.004… can’t remember the name, but I think it was a CA strain. I only know this because I heard it just yesterday at the dispensary (I take them leftover donuts from here… they love me over there 🙂 )
The pot market here is exceptional at this time. When we went ‘recreational’, everybody & their mother started growing… now there’s a glut on the market (not like those on the ‘oil market’), and we’re getting $2.50 & $3.00 grams of excellent bud now. I only paid $3 for the Chemdawg. It was $4.20 for the Ace of Spades… but that’s the most I ever pay for bud anymore. Even the street market can’t compete with that.
The cartridges I get now are a different story altogether. I started with Sensai Star (Indica) @ 93.2% THC, then Northern Lights @ 94.3%, and now I’m at 9 Pound Hammer @ 96.2%.
They’ve got an Indica coming in called Green Monster @ 97%. 😯
HELL YES!!! 😀
Go to hell JAMES!!!
Go suck communist ass!!
“Its writers call it “a major public health problem for humanity.”
Its writers are obviously SEVERELY RETARDED.
Basic fact: health problems are caused by viruses, germs, microbes or parasites.
GUNS ARE NONE OF THE ABOVE, YOU COLLECTIVE MENTAL DEFECTS!!!
Here’s a valid analogy to YOUR STUPIDITY…
If an MS gang member hacks up someone with a machete, then that’s a HEALTH PROBLEM TOO, RIGHT BOZOS???
I can’t believe the monumental IDIOCRACY we’re facing these days!!!
their whole agenda is built on a Lie!
No disrespect Paul, but that’s “the lie”…..
That one man can rule over another…..
Eliminate cops shooting people and suicide. By my figures about 2500 people. So about 1200 americans???bs!
I like my odds none the less. Ill go ahead and keep my rights and guns loaded and on me. Just incase.
Ps
How many of the alleged count is due to hillary and bill?
The top 3 causes of death in the USA is 1. Heart Attack. 2. Cancer. 3. Death by Medical mistakes!
They have no right to say S*#t.
“‘Major public health problem’ declared as study finds global gun deaths exceed 250,000 annually”
Yep, it’s a major public health problem as countless numbers of people are dying every day in Gaza and the Middle East because Israel and the military industrial complex are all psychotic and trigger happy.
Oh wait! You meant in America. Oh silly me!