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In reply to the discussion: Wow, Wow, Wow.....No Gun Zones, Gun Registration, Background Checks and now Micro-stamping again! [View all]safeinOhio
(32,989 posts)24. Good idea, lets compare
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa030500c.htm
Are Canada's gun laws effective? Here are some figures from the Canadian Firearms Centre:
There 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.
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Are Canada's gun laws effective? Here are some figures from the Canadian Firearms Centre:
There 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.
Thank you for asking.
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Wow, Wow, Wow.....No Gun Zones, Gun Registration, Background Checks and now Micro-stamping again! [View all]
Logical
Jun 2012
OP
If you can't see the policies that the NRA is fighting for you need to go to summer school...
rfranklin
Jun 2012
#70
So they didn't ever really say that - you just naturally extrapolated it on your own.
DonP
Jun 2012
#91
So you don't mind that gun control is off the political radar, that's great ... and very big of you.
DonP
Jun 2012
#97
No, but I used to spend a lot of time sitting at a desk in a Ward office in Chicago ...
DonP
Jun 2012
#100
The point is that these stupid laws do NOTHING to make people safer! Nothing! Except make people....
Logical
Jun 2012
#103
I haven't met a religion that WASN'T strange, so I won't just single out the shamans of shootin'
Scootaloo
Jun 2012
#59
"Your right to financial derivatives stops when you cause the economy to collapse!"
DanTex
Jun 2012
#18
"BUT your right to own guns stops the second an innocent person gets shot, killed, or worse."
Clames
Jun 2012
#22
No, I put it in the message body so I could use the html italics tags for emphasis.
PavePusher
Jun 2012
#65
Naw... If I had nothing to do with the injury/death of the innocent person...
PavePusher
Jun 2012
#60
Why does MY right to own a weapon for self defense end "the second an innocent person gets shot"?
Common Sense Party
Jun 2012
#68
Actually, it works great in Canada. Just look at their homicide rate compared to ours.
DanTex
Jun 2012
#27
"To address issues of increasing VIOLENT CRIME in the country, the NRA called for more prisons,
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#54