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From: shindman@utcs.UUCP (Paul Shindman)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Guns DO kill -- a different analysis
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Date: Wed, 2-Jan-85 18:08:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  2 18:08:55 1985
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The annual murder statistics were published this week in the Toronto
newspapers for 1984.  Although I don't have the articles handy, Toronto
had about 50 murders in 1984, of which only a few were committed with
firearms.  Toronto has a population of about 2.1 million, and is often
compared to cities like Detroit or others of similar size.
(I know I'm digressing a bit here, but since everyone likes to talk
about numbers...)

Anybody have murder stats for other cities in the 1.5 to 3 million range???


In article <554@ut-sally.UUCP> riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) writes:
>>              Mode of attack     Fatality Rate (%)
>>            Gun                        13
>>            Knife                       3
>>            Fists, hands, feet          1.7
>
>An interesting argument and an interesting statistic.
>
>We've also seen statistics posted recently listing the number of handgun-
>related deaths per year in the U.S. and in various nations with handgun
>control laws.  It would also be interesting to see the non-handgun-related
>homicide statistics for those same countries.  Does anyone have them handy,
>or know where I can look them up?
>