Last year there were 332 stabbing deaths in the UK, which has about one-fifth the population of the US, so that would translate into the equivalent of 1,670 deaths in a country with the population of the States.
In 2005 there were 31,000 gun deaths in the US, so you are almost 20 times more likely to die violently in the US than in Britain. It is true that half the US gun deaths are suicide, but that still makes it ten times more dangerous to live in the US than in Britain.
I don't think I've ever met a Brit who felt that not being allowed to own guns created any risk at all for them or their families. Quite the reverse, in fact.
As for doctor-caused deaths, if they really are killing 30,000+ Americans a year by accident, then you need to take a really close look at the drug prescription culture and attempt to correct it. It is a red herring to try to compare medical incompetence with gun deaths.
Last year there were 332 stabbing deaths in the UK, which has about one-fifth the population of the US, so that would translate into the equivalent of 1,670 deaths in a country with the population of the States.
In 2005 there were 31,000 gun deaths in the US, so you are almost 20 times more likely to die violently in the US than in Britain. It is true that half the US gun deaths are suicide, but that still makes it ten times more dangerous to live in the US than in Britain.
I don't think I've ever met a Brit who felt that not being allowed to own guns created any risk at all for them or their families. Quite the reverse, in fact.
As for doctor-caused deaths, if they really are killing 30,000+ Americans a year by accident, then you need to take a really close look at the drug prescription culture and attempt to correct it. It is a red herring to try to compare medical incompetence with gun deaths.