600 Murder Suspects On The Run in Pennsylvania

These Men Are Hunting 600 Violent Criminals 

(photo: BUTCH COMEGYS/AP)

In Pennsylvania the search is on for more than six-hundred murder suspects who are on the run.

Tonight hundreds of families are hoping that Pennsylvania State Troopers find those responsible for the death of their loved one.

Fortunately with all the resources being spent on this manhunt we expect at least a handful of murder suspects to be apprehended by police this week.  Stay tuned...  


*in Philadelphia alone there are over 600 active murder investigations.  

Guns Behave Themselves in Iowa and North Dakota

Firearms ownership in the state of Iowa is the 16th highest rate in these United States.  Fortunately the guns don't act out in The Hawkeye State.  Iowa has the 9th lowest death rate by firearms of the fifty states.

Minnesota is another state where the guns don't usually try to hurt people.  The Gopher State ranks 21st in gun ownership yet it's 43rd in deaths caused by guns.

Unfortunately the firearms in Nevada and Arizona go awry more often.  These states have low rates of gun ownership yet their murder by gun rates are very high (5th and 6th respectively).

Finally, responsible gun owners abound in North Dakota.  The Peace Garden State is aptly named as they boast the 10th highest rate of guns and the 10th lowest gun death rate.

Guns Are Well Behaved in Switzerland

So how do other advanced countries deal with high rates of firearm ownership by citizens?  Ironically Bloomberg of all places gave us a little insight.   

From Bloomberg: Shooter Kills Three Women in Swiss Mountain Village Spree

Of course this is a tragedy but read down to the final three paragraphs of the story...

"There were 241 deaths in Switzerland by shooting in 2010, compared with 408 in 2001, Ninety-two percent of those deaths in 2010 were suicides."

Murder is declining steadily in Switzerland, and...

"In February 2011, Swiss voters rejected in a referendum a proposal to ban citizens from keeping guns at home and require all guns to be registered."

To sum up the situation in Switzerland, a country of 8 million people:

1. 3,610,300 guns owned by citizens
2. 20 murders by shooting in 2010

To sum up the situation in New York, NY, a city of 8 million people:

1. 57,300 guns owned by citizens
2. 237 murders by shooting in 2012

There are 63X as many firearms in Switzerland as in New York City yet gun murders are 12X higher in NYC than in Switzerland.  

Why do the guns in North America have to cause so much trouble when their cousins in Europe mostly keep to themselves?