Gun death numbers to consider

Just some facts for you to ponder.

US all gun deaths 2010: 31,513.  Homicide 11,015, suicide 19,308. Accidental 600

Rate of all gun related death per 100,000 people: 3.03 (2009)

UK all gun deaths 2009: 2009: 138.  32 homicides, 101 suicides. 

Rate of gun death 0.22 persons per 100,000 people.

Australia all gun deaths 2010: 231.  Homicide 31, suicide 162. Accidental 10, undetermined 28.

Rate of all: 1.04 per 100,000

Germany all gun deaths 2010: 891.  Homicide 49, Suicide 761, the rest undetermined

Rate of all: 1.1 per 100,000

Japan all gun deaths 2008: 11. 

Rate of all gun deaths 8.73016E-08 (Excel is awesome)

South Korea: almost none - http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/strict-gun-control-laws-in-south-korea/

Brazil 2008: 34,678 homicide, ~1,000 suicide (estimate), accidental ~300 (estimate)

Rate of homicide: 18.1 per 100,000

As for murder (ex suicide ex accidental ex undetermined) the United States is #5 behind South Africa, Columbia, Brazil, and Thailand: 

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/brazil

In other words, we rank #1 in gun-related deaths in "1st world" countries.    

All Sources:

http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNSTAT.html

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm

http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/gun-control-in-australia/

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/citation/quotes/6471

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/australia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/japan

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/strict-gun-control-laws-in-south-korea/

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/brazil 

Just sayin'.