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101 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullama 7h \ on: Which statement corresponds most closely to your view on gun laws? AskSN

Let's first look at the ratio of guns per person around the world:

OK, USA is number one, but there are many other countries with a lot of guns, so nothing extremely crazy about it.

This is the top 10:

United States: 120.5
Falkland Islands: 62.1
Yemen: 52.8
New Caledonia: 42.5
Serbia: 39.1
Montenegro: 39.1
Canada: 34.7
Uruguay: 34.7
Cyprus: 34.0
Finland: 32.4

So, based on only this data, you might expect to see about four times as many mass shootings in the US compared to, say, Finland. Let's see those numbers:

Number of mass shootings in 2025 in Finland: 0 vs USA: 268

Number of mass shootings in 2024 in Finland: 1 vs USA: 586

So, it's clear that the availability of guns to the public is not the only factor in this. It might affect something, but clearly the data shows that there are other factors at play.

My hypothesis is that there's a huge lack of support for people in the USA. It's a very independent society, "every man for himself" kind of thing. When people get desperate, then bad things start to happen. I've seen documentaries showing people that are full time workers, and they are homeless in the US. That's just incredible, really.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @satgoob 4h

Is the shooting count you listed taking into account total population of each country

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 2h

No, but it's simple to consider it:

5.6M in Finland
About 340M in USA

So, USA has about 60 times more people, but it had 586 times more mass shootings in 2024, which is roughly 600x instead of the "expected" 60x. One order of magnitude of difference.