On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:21:11 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2016 15:24:46 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

Johnny sez..

"What is different about our big troubled cities than say Toronto, Montreal, or
Calgary, Canada."


That's easy.
Y'all have too many gun nut 'mericans....armed to the teeth and itching to use 'em.

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You're wrong about that, at least depending on your definition of a
"gun nut". The guys committing the murders are not collectors and
target shooters. They're mostly gang members and/or drug dealers
defending their turf. I don't really know enough about Canadian
cities and their culture to understand why they don't have the same
problem. Perhaps it's related to a different inner city culture but I
don't really know. I'm sure there must be at least a few gangs in
Canada, and I know there are drug issues. Maybe they've found a less
violent way to resolve disputes. Or perhaps the US "war on drugs" has
had some unintended side effects.

Toronto isn't without its problems.

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/torontocrimemaps.html