[quote=CognitiveDissonance]Interestinly, Switzerland is #3 in guns per capita and still is half the ratio of the US, who is number 1.[/quote]
That is interesting – the list is here. #2 is that extremely stable country of Yemen. Iraq and Finland are right next to each other in the list. Mexico is very low but of course has tons of gun crime in the drug war. The list seems to show that there is not much of a correlation between the number of guns and the crime level/stability of the society. That was the conclusion that Michael Moore seemed to reach in “Bowling For Columbine” after visiting Canada, which also has pretty high gun ownership (although not as high as the US).
I have to admit that US number is pretty surprising. There are probably a bunch of bubbas distorting the figure with their collections.
