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Old 04-16-2008, 10:09 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by garysher View Post
How many murders involving firearms per year were there in Australia in recent years?
figures from 2004-5:

30

that is 16% of the total number of murders

for a population of 20 million, it equates to about 1.4 murders per 100 000 people

USA has a homicide rate of 5.5 per 100 000 people

and firearems are used in 80% of them.