{"id":253473,"date":"2026-07-13T11:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=253473"},"modified":"2026-07-13T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:12:45","slug":"america-violent-crime-research-canada-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/america-violent-crime-research-canada-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Challenges Claims That America Is More Violent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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If you ask most people which developed country has the worst violent crime problem, the answer is usually the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a claim repeated by politicians, media outlets, and even foreign governments. The argument often goes something like this: America has more guns, so naturally it has more violent crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But according to new research from economist and Crime Prevention Research Center President Dr. John Lott<\/a>, that conclusion depends almost entirely on which statistics you’re looking at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a new investigation published by Real Clear Investigations,<\/a><\/em> Lott argues that when you compare the total number of people who say they’ve actually been victims of crime (not just crimes reported to police) the United States often fares much better than commonly believed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in some categories, it fares better than Canada and Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A visual summary of Dr. John Lott’s latest analysis comparing victimization survey data from the United States, Canada, and Australia. The research argues that broader victimization surveys paint a different picture than police-reported crime statistics alone. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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