So, we have a Canadian "right to bear arms" mentality? Or have you forgotten Dawson College, the Ottawa bus station, the Montreal Massacre, the Alberta school shootings......
Check the ratio. Apparently the laws we have do a lot better then handing them out with a bottle of whiskey.
Even more to the point, you ever pay attention to Israel, where twice this month civilians carrying guns killed aggressors before they could inflict serious damage?
Probably because Israel is a police state from the get go, everybody who lives there has to serve in the military.... and considdering all that, it's not suprising. Not to mention that they all have military training, I would trust them with guns over some random idiot like this guy, or like those kids in the schools, or the infinite fueling of the gangs in the minority neighborhoods to help keep them down, along with lack of services and actual justice.
Yes, what is it so far? Two school shootings in like forever, and very few mass shootings in public areas for what I can remember in recent history in Canada.
More population you say? More guns in the US with more people compared to Canada, more chance for more violence and gun related crimes such as these. Remove the guns or at the very least control them a hell of a lot better, and you reduce the problems.
Already we are hearing reports that US roads are having record low fatality rates due to less people driving, due to more expensive gas..... supply - demand - results.
Remove the supply of guns, and you reduce the amount of guns criminals can get. Reduce their supplies, increase the police's chances of taking them down before they can properly defend themselves. So on and so forth.
Did you know at least three school shootings in the USA have been stopped by armed civilians?
Who cares? How many school and mass shootings have there been? Why?
Did you know Americans use firearms to defend themselves almost 2 million times each year?
Do you know that most common sense would say there's something wrong with that? Sounds like a friggin war zone if you ask me.
Almost always without firing a shot. Did you know Canadians use firearms to defend themselves about 70,000 times a year? Usually without firing a shot.
Usually from bears.
The problem is not the right to keep and bear arms........it is the unfortunate fact that there are places that either ban the carrying of weapons (Virginia Tech, now there's a successful policy) or places where people simply don't....like the Unitarian Church.
Nobody shot the guy, nor do I suspect anybody checked him at the door to see if he was carrying a shotgun. What's you're point?