Comparing Gun Violence in Israel and the U.S.

(Ha'aretz) Patty Nieberg - In Israel, the annual rate of gun deaths per 100,000 people in 2015 was 1.38%, with 111 deaths. In the U.S. it was 11.28% per 100,000, with 36,247 deaths. In Israel there are 6.7 firearms for every 100 people, for a total of 557,000. In the U.S. there are 120.5 weapons per 100 persons, or 393 million firearms.


2019-08-06 00:00:00

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