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In a shocking revelation, India is at the third place in number of gun-related deaths out of 195 countries surveyed. According to the study, Published by the American Medical Association a total of 26,500 firearm-related deaths took place in India in 2016. Brazil tops the list with 43,200 deaths, followed by United States 37,200. India being the second most populated country in the world, it's firearm-related mortality rate per 100,000 is just 2.1 as against the Brazil's 18.4 per 100,000, and the United States' 10.6 per 100,000. However, interestingly, the firearm-related mortality rate per 100,000 in China, which is the most populous country in the world, is just 0.2, with absolute number of firearm deaths estimated at 2,910 in 2016. The ‘author’ of the report "Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016" is Dr Mohsen Naghavi.  

(Courtesy : counterview.net) 

In a shocking revelation, India is at the third place in number of gun-related deaths out of 195 countries surveyed. According to the study, Published by the American Medical Association a total of 26,500 firearm-related deaths took place in India in 2016. Brazil tops the list with 43,200 deaths, followed by United States 37,200. India being the second most populated country in the world, it's firearm-related mortality rate per 100,000 is just 2.1 as against the Brazil's 18.4 per 100,000, and the United States' 10.6 per 100,000. However, interestingly, the firearm-related mortality rate per 100,000 in China, which is the most populous country in the world, is just 0.2, with absolute number of firearm deaths estimated at 2,910 in 2016. The ‘author’ of the report "Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016" is Dr Mohsen Naghavi.