re: Fox Sports Marcellus Wiley says it’s not guns, it’s about people

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You posted that the murder rate for white non-Hispanic Americans is 4 times higher than the murder rate for France. I didn’t see your link or source - what is it?

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Page 12.

It's old but it's the closest data I could find.

When this data came out, France's murder rate was around 1.5 homicides per 100,000. The US non-hispanic white homicide offending rate was 4.7 per 100,000 at the time.

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France's homicide rate has declined slightly from 2005 and the same with the US but these figures roughly demonstrate that the murder rate for American non-hispanic whites is higher than the French homicide rate by a significant margin.

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How does the answer to #1 compare to how many people defend themselves with a recently purchased gun? My guess is it’s a lot more than the number of murders committed with recently purchased guns.

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A waiting period would just be one measure.

The study says that around 2000 lives in total would be saved from gun homicides every year, which is small but I would argue it's still a reduction.