<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="">On Guns, America Stands Out</h1><h6 class="">By
<span><span>CHARLES M. BLOW</span></span></h6><p><br></p> <div class=""><span>
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<h6 class="">Published: December 19, 2012 <span id="datelineCommentCount" class=""></span></h6><div class=""><br><div class="">
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<h6 class="">Damon Winter/The New York Times</h6>
<p class="">Charles M. Blow</p></div></div><br><p>
Sometimes I think the best argument is raw data. This is one of those times. </p><p>
In the wake of the horrible school shooting in Connecticut and on the
heels of politicians finally being smoked out into the open to talk
seriously about sensible gun control policies, it’s important that we
understand just how anomalous America is on the issues of guns and
violence among developed countries. This table shows how shamefully we
measure up against other countries in the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development. Among the O.E.C.D. countries that the World
Bank groups as “high income,” America has the highest gun homicide
rate, the highest number of guns per capita and the highest rate of
deaths due to assault. In fact, America has more homicides by gun than
all of the other high-income O.E.C.D. countries combined. </p><span>
It’s just shameful</span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br><br><img src="http://users.moscow.com/waf/WP%20Fox%2001.jpg"><br>
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