But....a handgun ban that doesn't work? Just ask the Canadians...

[2aguy]

Canada doesn't have a 2nd amendment, so their politicians can do stupid gun bans that don't work......

Toronto Police reported a shooting in Scarborough that happened just after 3 p.m., hours after Trudeau’s announcement. There would be another shooting in Scarborough that sent a man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries just after 6 p.m.



A third shooting happened overnight and left a 38-year-old man dead, Toronto’s 57th homicide of the year.



That’s just Toronto. Across the country, communities are dealing with an increase in gun violence and Trudeau’s latest move won’t fix anything. The handgun freeze has actually been in place since May 30 and in every month since, there have been more than 30 shootings in Toronto, putting the city on track to match or exceed last year’s total of 409.
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That’s because the people doing the shooting aren’t following any laws, never mind a tightening of them.

The three men arrested Friday in connection with a shooting in Vancouver, not far from where Trudeau made his announcement, weren’t licensed gun owners, they were gang members. They weren’t using a gun purchased at a local gun shop, they were using an illegal gun, likely smuggled into the country from the United States.

EDITORIAL: Handgun ban won’t work

It should be no surprise that, within hours of Justin Trudeau announcing his handgun freeze had become permanent, there were shootings.

torontosun.com

 

[sealybobo]

Canada doesn't have a 2nd amendment, so their politicians can do stupid gun bans that don't work......

Toronto Police reported a shooting in Scarborough that happened just after 3 p.m., hours after Trudeau’s announcement. There would be another shooting in Scarborough that sent a man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries just after 6 p.m.



A third shooting happened overnight and left a 38-year-old man dead, Toronto’s 57th homicide of the year.



That’s just Toronto. Across the country, communities are dealing with an increase in gun violence and Trudeau’s latest move won’t fix anything. The handgun freeze has actually been in place since May 30 and in every month since, there have been more than 30 shootings in Toronto, putting the city on track to match or exceed last year’s total of 409.
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That’s because the people doing the shooting aren’t following any laws, never mind a tightening of them.

The three men arrested Friday in connection with a shooting in Vancouver, not far from where Trudeau made his announcement, weren’t licensed gun owners, they were gang members. They weren’t using a gun purchased at a local gun shop, they were using an illegal gun, likely smuggled into the country from the United States.

EDITORIAL: Handgun ban won’t work

It should be no surprise that, within hours of Justin Trudeau announcing his handgun freeze had become permanent, there were shootings.

torontosun.com

Recent estimates indicate that 26 percent of Canadian households own at least one firearm. Ninety-five percent of firearm-owning households in Canada possess long guns and less than 12 percent own handguns.

They like hunting guns. Assault rifles not so much.

 

[JoeB131]

Number of gun homicides in Canada- 249

Number of gun homicides in the US - 19384

 

[2aguy]

Number of gun homicides in Canada- 249

Number of gun homicides in the US - 19384

Yeah, our criminals like to kill each other...their criminals not as much.

 

[2aguy]

Recent estimates indicate that 26 percent of Canadian households own at least one firearm. Ninety-five percent of firearm-owning households in Canada possess long guns and less than 12 percent own handguns.

They like hunting guns. Assault rifles not so much.

You mean except for Alberta....right?

The Alberta government is taking steps to oppose federal firearms prohibition legislation and the potential seizure of thousands of assault-style weapons.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-guns-federal-legislation-1.6596683

 

[Calypso Jones]

Number of gun homicides in Canada- 249

Number of gun homicides in the US - 19384

well leftist bureaus rather manipuate those numbers. And Leftists DO own firearms.

 

[Uncensored2008]

Number of gun homicides in Canada- 249

Number of gun homicides in the US - 19384

Population of Canada - 36 million.

Population of USA - 340 million.

Ratio of JoeBstalin's IQ to that of a dung beetle 1/1...

 

[2aguy]

Population of Canada - 36 million.

Population of USA - 340 million.

Ratio of JoeBstalin's IQ to that of a dung beetle 1/1...

The biggest factor is American criminals like to kill each other. Canadian criminals do not. That, however, is also changing as foreign immigrants in Canada take over their drug crime......

 

[sealybobo]

You mean except for Alberta....right?

The Alberta government is taking steps to oppose federal firearms prohibition legislation and the potential seizure of thousands of assault-style weapons.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-guns-federal-legislation-1.6596683

I wonder if they'd consider my Ruger 450 Bushmaster an assault rifle? They shouldn't. It can only hold 4 bullets at a time. It's meant for hunting.

I get guns meant for hunting it's the other guns. The icky guns I don't like. LOL.

Actually, I see why we need them. Wolverines!!!

 

[Uncensored2008]

The biggest factor is American criminals like to kill each other. Canadian criminals do not. That, however, is also changing as foreign immigrants in Canada take over their drug crime......

Great point. Canada has enjoyed two homogenous cultures, the French and the British. The two cultures largely keep to themselves. This has resulted in a fairly peaceful country as there is a common language, common religion, and common culture.

That is starting to change as the globalists seek to adulterate Canada with third world immigrants. Just as with the USA, as the percent of third world residents goes up, violent crime goes up.

 

[M14 Shooter]

Recent estimates indicate that 26 percent of Canadian households own at least one firearm. Ninety-five percent of firearm-owning households in Canada possess long guns and less than 12 percent own handguns.

So... why do they have so many fewer mass shootings than we do?

 

[sealybobo]

So... why do they have so many fewer mass shootings than we do?

Recently various analysts have called attention to the apparent success of the Canadian social assistance system in reducing poverty among the elderly and have suggested that there may be lessons to be drawn from the Canadian experience that are relevant to the evolution of the U.S. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.

The Canadian Safety Net for the Elderly

Social Security Administration Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis

www.ssa.gov

 

[M14 Shooter]

Recently various analysts have called attention to the apparent success of the Canadian social assistance system in reducing poverty among the elderly and have suggested that there may be lessons to be drawn from the Canadian experience that are relevant to the evolution of the U.S. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.

So, it's -not- the guns in the US driving the mass shootings in the US.
Well done.

 

[Donald H]

Americans discussing the problem of too many guns and too many deaths by guns is progress!

 

[M14 Shooter]

Americans discussing the problem of too many guns and too many deaths by guns is progress!

"Too many guns" is an impossible condition.

 

[sealybobo]

Americans discussing the problem of too many guns and too many deaths by guns is progress!

But the gun manufacturers want to sell more guns next year than they did this year.

 

[M14 Shooter]

But the gun manufacturers want to sell more guns next year than they did this year.

GM and Ford want to sell more cars than they did last year.
So?

 

[Concerned American]

This has resulted in a fairly peaceful country as there is a common language,

This isn't exactly true. While most of the country speaks and understands English, all federal signs and communications have to be printed in French (or a facsimile thereof, as French nationals claim that French Canadians don't speak French) as well.

 

[Uncensored2008]

This isn't exactly true. While most of the country speaks and understands English, all federal signs and communications have to be printed in French (or a facsimile thereof, as French nationals claim that French Canadians don't speak French) as well.

Right, as I said, two homogenous cultures, the French and the British. The two cultures largely keep to themselves. There were clashes with the French in the 1960's that drove Canada close to civil war, but since that time the French and the Brits have mostly learned to get along. Leave the French Montreal and Quebec and the Brits the rest.

 

[Donald H]

But the gun manufacturers want to sell more guns next year than they did this year.

Too many guns primarily but that along with the American culture of violence, death, and continuous wars.

This then is a problem that can possibly be addressed by various different approaches that include more solutions other than the obvious overabundance of guns.

American attitudes and the culture of killing, death, violence, and wars may be a more direct approach, considering that Americans only want more weapons that are designed for shooting each other.