{"id":3929,"date":"2019-10-22T05:02:19","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T11:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/?p=3929"},"modified":"2020-04-03T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T20:04:39","slug":"gun-ownership-isnt-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/10\/22\/gun-ownership-isnt-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun ownership isn\u2019t the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If gun ownership breeds higher gun violence, then countries with higher gun ownership should have higher gun violence, right? Well, it certainly seems to be the case with the United States. They have the highest civilian gun ownership rate in the world and one of the highest firearm homicide rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s not that easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/22218601_908436775090_1085573771375246550_o.jpg?resize=580%2C903&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/22218601_908436775090_1085573771375246550_o.jpg?w=642&amp;ssl=1 642w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/22218601_908436775090_1085573771375246550_o.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/22218601_908436775090_1085573771375246550_o.jpg?resize=350%2C545&amp;ssl=1 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Take Iraq, for example. They have the highest firearm homicide rate in the world, but they\u2019re 7th for gun ownership. Uruguay is 3rd for homicide but 8th for ownership. Finland, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and UK come in 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, and 11th for ownership but don\u2019t even make the top 12 for homicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what about Canada? They have lots of gun control and are pretty safe, right? Well, that\u2019s where it gets interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canada ranks higher in homicide than it does in ownership. They are the first country to buck the trend. Even the US ranks lower on homicide than it does on ownership. Canada has the 5th highest gun homicide rate in the world despite coming in 9th place for ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>France doesn\u2019t even make the top 14 countries in gun ownership, but it is 6th in gun homicide. Kuwait is 12th in ownership but 7th in homicide. New Zealand is 8th in homicide, but 14th in ownership. Germany is at 11th place in ownership but 9th in homicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, out of the 14 countries with the highest gun ownership rate, only Iceland ranks equally in ownership and homicide, and 12th place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gun ownership isn\u2019t the problem. And gun control, obviously, isn\u2019t the solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZOfdmqqP2Vo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If gun ownership breeds higher gun violence, then countries with higher gun ownership should have higher gun violence, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[30],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-3929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-gun-control"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-4127187_1920.jpg?fit=1920%2C1249&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-11n","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3995,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2019\/11\/27\/gun-violence-and-race-and-gender\/","url_meta":{"origin":3929,"position":0},"title":"Gun violence, race, and gender","author":"Kim Siever","date":"27 November 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Maybe it\u2019s not gun ownership we should be talking about.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/10\/gun-2227646_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2921,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2017\/05\/08\/why-ive-changed-my-mind-on-gun-control\/","url_meta":{"origin":3929,"position":1},"title":"Why I\u2019ve changed my mind on gun control","author":"Kim Siever","date":"8 May 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Those who\u2019ve known me for a while (especially on Facebook) will probably know that I\u2019ve been in favour of gun control as a measure to curb gun violence. 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