But the antis only mention the murder rate of guns, not other methods because that would screw up their graphsSo Indiana's murder rate is about 5/100k per year. That's alot less than either UK or Aus, according to the graph on the first page.
Less is better in this right?
If you pull up the newspaper from Sydney, you'll still see lots of firearms-related crimes, including a LEO being shot not long ago.
You may also bring up the fact that there have been mass killings there involving other methods - an intentionally set fire at a hostel that killed 15 or so, IIRC..
That is interesting, too, because sociologically speaking, I think part of the argument is that a more homogenous society has a lower violent crime rate. This allows them to "control" for things and artificially inflate certain statistics.I believe Scotland and Indiana have similar total populations, yet I think I read that Scotland has fewer (legally owned) handguns and semiauto rifles than most counties in Indiana have class-III firearms.
Scotland's murder rate is way higher, of course...
Just point out the decline in our crime rate after the assault weapons ban ended.
I wonder how Indiana's stats would look without Marion and Lake Counties...