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Originally Posted by mr dave
i commented in the other thread before seeing this one so i'll reiterate.
this is false. a simple google search will prove otherwise. citing the juristat (a canadian provider of justice related statistics) and FBI as of 2002 there were 1000 incidents of violent crime in canada per 100 000 citizens as compared to roughly 500 in the US.
stricter gun laws but double the violent crime rate.... hmmm.... yesterday i read about stabbings outside a mall in ontario middle of the afternoon 2 people dead 1 in hospital. 2 weeks ago a senior got stabbed to death in the parking lot after having lunch with his wife. people don't need guns to be violent.
unfortunately for the bulk of the population living outside of urban areas who would use guns for hunting or protecting their crops / livestock from natural predators (coyotes / wolves / bears); they're the ones getting shafted with excessive registration fees for the valid and legitimate use of firearms. all so a bunch of bleeding hearts in the big cities can think they've taken a bite out of gun crime.... handguns (for strictly personal use) have NEVER been legal in canada, but i can only recall one incident in the last few years where a rifle was used over a pistol in a gun crime. it's not to say individual's can't have pistols but they need 2 licenses and need to be registered with an approved government organization or gun club.
absolutely 100% agree.
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Ok, i live in toronto and i believe it is the 4 largest city in north america, we have about 5 million people in what we call the GTA. Last year this city of 5million had 80 murders, 44 of those were way of the gun, and this was seen by our media as an awful year(the worst on history i think), they proclaimed it the summer of the gun. Even though i personally live in one of the safest areas of toronto, i have no problem at all walking through what ever neighborhood, in toronto. For example last weekend our public transit system went down due to strike, me and my friends were downtown, so we decided to walk home which is about 8 or 9 miles roughly, and on our trip we walked through what is called the ghetto of toronto, at 2 in the morning, and it was nothing, we never thought twice about it, and me and my friend, 4 guys from the beaches, we did not fit in there but it was nothing. I also have personally never seen a gun i my life ( other than on a cops belt). I cant say it is not a problem here but come on. Also a simple indicator of how crime is in your area is your evening news, last time i was in the states, it was murder, then arson , then something else. We have exposes of gardening, and other stuff to fill time like this.