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The big difference between the US and Canada in gun ownership is that there are very few handguns in Canada relative to the US. Since handguns are used for the large majority of homocides in the US, their large numbers in the US could have something to do with the US having a much higher homocide rate than Canada (and the UK, France, Australia, Japan,and about every other developed nation where handguns are rare).
It could be that Americans are basically more violent than people in these other countries, but there is probably more to it than that. Easy availability of handguns might seem to be a factor.
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