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Originally posted by Bduggan04
I think that there's an important fact no one has mentioned yet. Canada has roughly the same number of guns per capita as the US, but the number of gun related illnesses is in the range of 1/10th that of the US. Obviously, the mere possession of guns doesn't cause deaths. The main difference has to be in the people that own guns or in the environment they live in.
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Gun related illness? I think you were looking for crime. And I would agree, we are in a poor environment, the main problem with guns is that people do not train their kids (or maybe even themselves) in the proper use of guns. I for one have never even touched a gun I didn't know how to load, unload, fire, and use the safety on. It keeps everything safe. And the rule is: "never point a gun at something you do not intend to kill."