Are there more gun deaths in the United States than any other country?

[Sanguine]

Texan Beto O’Rourke joined nine other Democrats on stage in Detroit on Tuesday for the second round of debates in the Democratic presidential primary contest.

All of the candidates made questionable statements — take a look at some fact-checking from the night — including O’Rourke, who was asked to respond to a comment about gun violence from Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. 

Bullock said that Washington, D.C., "is captured by dark money" and political influence from the likes of the NRA and Koch Industries, making it hard for lawmakers to tackle issues like gun safety...

https://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2019/aug/02/beto-orourke/are-there-more-gun-deaths-united-states-any-other-/

When you lose Politifact, you've lost (as a leftist).

[Sanguine]

Lots of good fact reporting.

Take a look at the number of firearm injury deaths in each of these countries in 2016, according to the study, in order of the total number of deaths:

Country   2016 Firearm Deaths   Deaths per 100,000 Population
Brazil   43,2000   19.4
United States   37,200   10.6
Mexico   15,400   11.8
Colombia   13,300   25.9
Venezuela   12,800   38.7
Guatemala   5,090   32.3

[TomSea]

Venezuela has a problem.
All of the countries are in the Western hemisphere and all are Latin American except us.

And again, from what I read, well over half of ours are from suicides.

[Elderberry]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands

[Sanguine]

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands

And, when you adjust for suicide, our number falls way down in the list.

[txradioguy]

Lots of good fact reporting.

@Sanguine IIRC if you remove three or four cities from the United States total we as a country drop to like 35th on that list.

[Bigun]

@Sanguine IIRC if you remove three or four cities from the United States total we as a country drop to like 35th on that list.

Heck! Just take Chicago and Philidelphia out and see what happens.

[txradioguy]

Heck! Just take Chicago and Philidelphia out and see what happens.

I think the cities they took out were NYC, Chicago and LA and we went from #2 down to #35

[Bigun]

I think the cities they took out were NYC, Chicago and LA and we went from #2 down to #35

Add Philly and Baltimore to that list and we wouldn't even register!

[Elderberry]

If you go by state, #1 is Alaska, but 80% of the firearm deaths are suicide. Next is Louisiana.

[jmyrlefuller]

If you go by state, #1 is Alaska, but 80% of the firearm deaths are suicide. Next is Louisiana.

That, and Alaska's such a tiny state population-wise that one single incident skews the results.

[verga]

Add Philly and Baltimore to that list and we wouldn't even register!

Detroit is another one that has a high rate. and all of these are Democrat run.

[thackney]

Lots of good fact reporting.

I never understood talking about firearm death only when discussing homicides.  Are people attacked with hammers, knives or Buicks any less dead?