Are we talking gun violence or suicide bombers? Either way, believe it or not, the homocide rate in Israel is still very low. However, it's the randomness of terrorism in Israel that makes it seem higher than it is. Here is a comparison of homocide rates, and as you'll see Israel is very low. In fact, one could make the argument that gun violence/terrorism would be much higher if Israelis were less armed:
1 INTERNATIONAL INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE TABLE The Table is based on: 1987 data from The Statistical Abstract of Israel; an article by Killias which gives averages for many countries for the years 19834 6 (Gun ownership and violent crime: The Swiss experience in international perspective, Security Journal 1990; 1: 169-74); and data on other nations from the latest year available in the U.N. Demographic Yearbook- l985 (published, 1987)- Figures from Killias are in bold face.
Country
Suicide Homicide TOTAL
RUMANIA
66.2 n.a. 66.2
HUNGARY
45.9 n.a. 45.9
DENMARK
28.7 .7 29.4
AUSTRIA
26.9 1.5 28.4
FINLAND
24.4 2.86 27.2
FRANCE
21.8 4.36 26.16
SWITZERLAND
24.45 1.13 25.58
BELGIUM
23.15 1.85 25.00
W. GERMANY
20.37 1.48 21.85
JAPAN
20.3 .9 21.20
U.S.
12.2 7.59 19.79
CANADA
13.94 2.6 16.54
NORWAY
14.5 1.16 15.66
N. IRELAND
9.0 6.0 15.00
(Homicide rate does not include "political" homicides)
AUSTRALIA
11.58 1.95 13.53
NEW ZEALAND
9.7 1.6 11.3
ENGLAND/WALES
8.61 .67 9.28
(Homicide rate does not include "political" homicides)
ISRAEL
8.00 1.00 9.00
(Homicide rate does not include "political" homicides)
12. In simple words, the "gun density" in Israel is very high. The laws are designed not to prevent gun ownership and carrying by the law-abiding, but to bring these phenomena under the scrutiny of the public authorities. The philosophy of gun Control in Israel is that, subject to police oversight, the public can be trusted with firearms; indeed, we can distribute many weapons to authorized people. And, therefore, guns are, by comparison to the U.S., very available.
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Originally posted by lightswitch
K I like guns and all, but Israel? Israel,...... Do you not watch the fucken news?
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