The homicide rate by firearm is significantly higher in the US than in most other advanced countries[93].
In the United States in 2009 there were 3.0 recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm per 100,000 inhabitants; for comparison, the figure for the United Kingdom, with very restrictive firearm laws (handguns are totally prohibited, for example) was 0.07, about 40 times lower, and for Germany 0.2.[93]
The movie Bowling for Columbine reported the number of people killed by firearms per year. Director Michael Moore showed statistics on gun-related deaths per year for a few major countries (ordered here by deaths per 100,000):
- United States - 11,127 (3.601/100,000)
- Canada – 165 (0.484/100,000)
- Germany – 381 (0.466/100,000)
- France – 255 (0.389/100,000)
- Australia – 65 (0.292/100,000)
- United Kingdom – 68 (0.109/100,000)
- Japan – 39 (0.030/100,000)
