For example, in comparative stats from 26 countries including the U.S. recorded from 1950-93: ???The overall firearm-related death rate among U.S. children aged less than 15 years was nearly 12 times higher than among children in the other 25 countries COMBINED. ???The firearm-related homicide rate in the United States was nearly 16 times higher than that in all of the other countries COMBINED. Th