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8. Canada has a much lower rate of gun ownership than the US

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 02:27 PM

Dec 2012

and stricter regulations. The US is Number 1 in the world in gun ownership, with 88.8 guns per 100 residents. Canada is 13th in the world, with 30.8 guns per 100 residents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country

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They also have a lot more laws nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #1

Sounds good to me alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #2

Canada has more laws Harmony Blue Dec 2012 #3

Yup nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #6

I'm sure the dead at that school Phlem Dec 2012 #4

Particularly if it is also true that his mother Lionessa Dec 2012 #5

Canada has less guns and tighter gun laws. DanTex Dec 2012 #7

Canada has a much lower rate of gun ownership than the US frazzled Dec 2012 #8

You can own a semi-auto AR-15 in Canada, anyone can. nt rDigital Dec 2012 #9

... and ownership of such weapons is strictly controlled and licensed intaglio Dec 2012 #11

One aspect of the gun control system has gone intaglio Dec 2012 #13

Canada is what the US would be without the wing-nuts. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #10