THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – EXTRACT: The shooting of Gabrielle Giffords shows why it is time to rethink America's gun laws, says Harold Evans.
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A law-abiding American citizen is far more likely to die with a bullet in his body than a British citizen. All the comparable Western countries with reasonable gun laws have long had vastly fewer gun homicides. The murder rate per 100,000 people for the US is 5.2. For Australia it is 0.07, for Japan, 0.05, and for the UK 0.06.
… Gabrielle Giffords shooting: Why it is time to change gun laws >>> Harold Evans | Saturday, January 15, 2011
