Peg, Click here for relevant stats re gun ownership, homicide, suicide etc. A quick google search turns up a plethora of sources for the same information.

And here's some international statistics re domestic violence Kevin. The brief article claims that "According to the former Surgeon General Koop, 3-4 million women in the US are beaten by their partners each year. Studies on prevalence suggest that from 1/5 to 1/3 of all women will be physically assaulted by a partner or ex-partner during their lifetime.

Battering is the single greatest cause of injury among women in the US, accounting for more emergency room visits than auto accidents, muggings, and rapes combined...

683,000 women are raped each year in the US according to the National Women's Study. This translates to 1 every 3 minutes, 78 per hour, 1,871 per day."

In comparison, in South Africa a woman is raped every 1.5 minutes. UK and Canadian figures are not mentioned in the article.

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