Thread: The am show this morning

Here's what a Russian citizen interested in the subject says.

'Because you have to go deeper.

In the US the intentional homicide rate is 4.9 and 2.83 of that is firearm-related (more than half). In Russia the homicide rate is 9.2 and while there are no good sources on the firearm related rate, neighboring Belarus and Ukraine have similar to Russian firearm possession laws and both have the firearm-related death rate less than 0.1. So basically guns doesn't contribute that much to the homicide rate in Russia. Note, that it doesn't really mean that the homicide rate doesn't depend on gun control laws.

As for the question why the homicide rate is so high in Russia: once again, we have to go deeper. When we slice and dice data we will see that most of homicides are connected with alcohol intoxication and while Moscow has the rate of 3.5, Siberia region has the rate of 15, which roughly correlates with the alcohol consumption by region. Another thing is percentage of homicides as a result of domestic violence. As much as 70-80% of murders in Russia are results of domestic violence (and again due to alcohol intoxication), this is much higher percentage than in the US.

So basically your chances of being murdered on the streets in Russia is actually smaller than in the US.'