the United States has the most gun-related deaths among developed countries.
There is no specific model of gun that is used in the most murders in the US. However, handguns are generally the most commonly used type of firearm in homicides due to their widespread availability and ease of concealment.
According to FBI data, Saturday is the day of the week with the highest number of reported murders in the US, followed by Sunday and Monday.
2008 Murder Capital for cities is La Ceiba, Honduras with a rate of 150 per 100,000. The entire nation of Honduras also had the highest rate for countries with 58 per 100,000. The city with the most murders overall is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2008 there were 4,295 murders. Brazil itself was the country that had the most murders in absolute terms, with 50,659 killings.
In the US, about 45 murders are commited a day. So i would say about 60-100 murders in Ohio each year.
New Orleans 64 murders per 100,000 people
2.7 people murdered per 100 people
New Orleans with 63.6 murders per 100,000
During 2012, an approximate of 75 people died of intentional homicide each day. This may seem a lot if you compare it to say, the United States (3 murders per day). But in general terms, Mexico is much safer than say, Brazil (113 murders per day), or India (118 murders/day). These murders however, are unevenly distributed; northern cities such as Juarez, Tijuana or Monterrey are the highest in number of victims. For example, during 2011, more than 1608 people died on Juarez alone (five per day) and such city is regarded as the second most dangerous in the world. On the other hand, cities such as Cozumel, Merida and Huatluco didn't have any murders throughout the entire year. Even complete regions such as Yucatan, Chiapas or Oaxaca report less than 20 murders per year in their territories.
About 6 per one hundred thousand population. In the US it is about 36 per one hundred thousand.
California had the highest number of gun murders last year (2011) - 1,790, which is 68% of all murders that year and equivalent to 3.25 per 100,000 people in the state. In firearm murder rates per 100,000 people, District of Columbia comes out top - with 12 firearms murders per 100,000 men, women and children in the state. There were 77 firearms murders in DC in 2010, down 22% on 2009 - DC is followed by Louisiana (10.16) and Mississippi (7.46) - DC is also top for firearms robberies per 100,000 people - with 242.56 Source: 2011 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics (2012 not currently available)
In the US, in 2012, there were 12765 homicides. 8855 used firearms. Of those, 6371 were handguns. Specific type of handgun not reported.