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→Gun Control and Crime
==Gun Control and Crime==
==Gun Control and Crime==
===Comparison of Gun Crime Statistics Worldwide===
*Source: [http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb/lcdc/publicat/cdic/cdic191/cd191d_e.html W. Cukier, Firearms Regulation: Canada in the International Context, Chronic Diseases in Canada, April, 1998] (These statistics updated to reflect most recent figures, as at January 2001) <ref>http://www.guncontrol.ca/Content/international.html</ref>. Only the top and bottom five countries, with available information, are shown, out of a total of 25 countries on the list.
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|-valign=top align="center"
|'''Country'''
|'''Owners licensed?'''
|'''Firearms registered?'''
|'''Other'''
|'''% Households with Firearms'''
|'''Gun Homicides per 100 000'''
|'''Gun Suicide per 100 000'''
|'''Intentional Gun Deaths per 100 000'''
|-valign=top align="center"
|Japan
|Yes
|Yes
|Prohibits handguns with few exceptions
|0.60
|0.03
|0.04
|0.07
|-valign=top align="center"
|Singapore
|Yes
|Yes
|Most handguns and rifles prohibited
|0.01
|0.07
|0.17
|0.24
|-valign=top align="center"
|England and Wales
|Yes
|Yes
|Prohibits handguns
|4.00
|0.07
|0.33
|0.40
|-valign=top align="center"
|Scotland
|Yes
|Yes
|Prohibits handguns
|4.00
|0.19
|0.30
|0.49
|-valign=top align="center"
|Netherlands
|Yes
|Yes
|
|1.90
|0.27
|0.28
|0.55
|-valign=top align="center"
|Northern Ireland
|Yes
|Yes
|Prohibits handguns
|8.40
|3.55
|1.18
|4.73
|-valign=top align="center"
|France
|Yes
|Yes, except sporting rifles
|
|22.60
|0.55
|4.93
|5.48
|-valign=top align="center"
|Switzerland
|Yes
|Yes
|
|27.20
|0.46
|5.74
|6.20
|-valign=top align="center"
|Finland
|Yes
|Yes
|No prohibitions
|50.00
|0.87
|5.78
|6.55
|-valign=top align="center"
|U.S.A.
|In some states
|Handguns, in some states
|Some weapons in some states
|41.00
|6.24
|7.23
|13.47
|}
==Enforcing the Law==
==Enforcing the Law==