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After a gunman in Uwalde, Texas, killed at least 19 students and at least two teachers in another horrific shooting in the United States this week, Europeans are once again puzzled by the weak gun laws in the United States by international standards.
While the death rate from firearms is even higher in South America, the United States stands out not only from other high-income countries when it comes to the number of firearms-related deaths, but with almost no requirements. for a license to possess a weapon. Only a handful of US states require such licenses for gun owners. Per capita gun ownership has an impressive 121 firearms per 100 people in the United States, while less than 20 in European countries such as Germany and France. Here is a comparison of numbers and laws for weapons around the world, in four maps and charts.
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