Quote Originally Posted by Canadian Visitor View Post
There is a great deal of difference.

Even the article notes that you have to have a permit to own what in Canada we call a 'restricted weapon'.

Ownership rate here is less than 1/3 what it is in the US for that category [[broadly, handguns and assault rifles/semi-autos).

You actually have to take a course, you're vetted by RCMP, and carrying is another permit altogether, also subject to policy approval.

Sure, there are such guns here; and gun lovers who appreciate them. [[I say that non-pejoratively)

But there is social consensus on their not being overly easy to access; and there isn't in fact a culture of mass ownership.

Also of note is our limit on magazine size. [[10)


But does all of that work?

http://edmontonjournal.com/news/loca...ng-stolen-guns

Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms.

I would be willing to bet that there is no firearm made in the world that cannot be purchased on the street in Canada,sans the law.