aeppelcyning ( aeppelcyning@lemmy.ca ) to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 10 months agoAs U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Uparchive.isexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up132
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minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation ( unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoMaybe not bodies piling up, but that’s almost a 30% increase per capita, which is pretty significant.
minus-squareQuilotoa ( Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoStill, it doesn’t take into account the per captia as the population has increased greatly in that time period. It also compares with the lowest decade of homicide by guns in a long time. Per capita, the 1970s were higher.
minus-squareunknownuserunknownlocation ( unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoI factored in the population increase, that’s why I wrote per capita. Without looking at the population increase that’s an increase of exactly 50%.
Maybe not bodies piling up, but that’s almost a 30% increase per capita, which is pretty significant.
Still, it doesn’t take into account the per captia as the population has increased greatly in that time period. It also compares with the lowest decade of homicide by guns in a long time. Per capita, the 1970s were higher.
I factored in the population increase, that’s why I wrote per capita. Without looking at the population increase that’s an increase of exactly 50%.