- National Firearms CenterThere are an estimated 7.4 million firearms in Canada, about 1.2 million of which are restricted firearms (mostly handguns). In the U.S., there are approximately 222 million firearms; 76 million of the firearms in circulation are handguns.
For 1987-96, on average, 65% of homicides in the U.S. involved firearms, compared to 32% for Canada
For 1987-96, the average firearm homicide rate was 5.7 per 100,000 in the U.S., compared to 0.7 per 100,000 for Canada.
For 1989-95, the average handgun homicide rate was 4.8 per 100,000 in the U.S., compared to 0.3 per 100,000 for Canada. Handguns were involved in more than half (52%) of the homicides in the U.S., compared to 14% in Canada.
For 1989-95, the average non-firearm homicide rate was 3.1 per 100,000 people in the U.S., compared to 1.6 per 100,000 for Canada.
- http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2006/11/08/2277244-cp.htmlThe national homicide rate inched up to 2.04 per 100,000 population in 2005 from 1.95 in 2004, Statistics Canada reported Wednesday. That's still well below the peak of 3.3 reached in the late 1970s.
Police reported 658 homicides last year, up 34 from 2004.
Of these, 222 were committed with a firearm, up from 173 gun deaths the previous year. There were 198 fatal stabbings.
Most of the increase in deaths was driven by a jump in gang-related homicides, particularly in Ontario and Alberta, the statistics agency said.
Police reported that 107 homicides were believed to be gang-related in 2005, 35 more than in 2004.
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/051006/d051006b.htm
http://canadaonline.about.com/od/crime/a/homicides2005.htm
http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel121202.asp
NOTE: Homicide rate from 1989-1995 was 0.7/100,000 and in 2004 it was 1.95/100,000 and in 2005 it was 2.04/100,000. The simple fact is that the new rules and regs haven't worked, period. And we're paying 2+ billion for something that doesn't work. Nice bottom line.
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