From Newsday's Web site:
The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released yesterday said.
U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies.
On a per-capita basis, Yemen had the second most heavily armed citizenry, with 61 guns per 100 people, followed by Finland with 56, Switzerland with 46, Iraq with 39 and Serbia with 38.
-- David Eldridge, managing editor, WashingtonTimes.com
Comments (1)
The reason why Switzerland is on this list is because every Swiss household is required by law to have a loaded M16 rifle on the premises. Switzerland also has one of the lowest murder rates on Earth. For the last time, it's not about the weapons, it's the culture.
Posted by Brian Hassler | September 2, 2007 6:37 PM