In article gJ0qf.159522$Gd6.22108@pd7tw3no,
Gary wrote:
Jonathan Ganz wrote:
In article FL%pf.158996$Gd6.71897@pd7tw3no,
Gary wrote:

Interesting, but they do have the same approximate per capita
ownership, and, a much less violent society per capita.

I question the "per capita gun ownership" claim. I know it says that on
many questionable websites but having lived in both coutries I would
argue. I know no one in right now (in Canada) who owns a handgun and
several folks who own long guns. While in Colorado for 3 years most
Americans I met had a handgun in their home. They also frequently owned
many long guns.

My experience would lend me to believe that the statistic is not correct.


I don't claim to know if the statistics are accurate or not. All I can
do is quote them. However, your experience is ancedotal, which isn't
good enough to cite as typical or supported.

How about this:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0115/p07s01-woam.html

Ok, if you're right, then it still appalling that with 1/3 the rate of
gun ownership, Canada has a tiny fraction of related homocides. Do you
dispute that also?

Japan, but Canada's per-capita gun ownership rate is about a third of
the American level."
From:
http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel040403.asp

The right statistic is crimes with the use of a gun. You Merkans win.

No doubt there...


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Jonathan Ganz wrote:


Ok, if you're right, then it still appalling that with 1/3 the rate of
gun ownership, Canada has a tiny fraction of related homocides. Do you
dispute that also?


Japan, but Canada's per-capita gun ownership rate is about a third of
the American level."
From:
http://www.nationalreview.com/kopel/kopel040403.asp


The right statistic is crimes with the use of a gun. You Merkans win.


No doubt there...


So it is guns that kill people but more importantly it is a culture of
gun violence that kills people.

Americans are more violent than Canadians although we are apparently
catching up quickly. It must be the American TV we watch.