Re: Ove Interest?

On 2/17/2025 2:20 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 2/17/2025 11:43 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

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Opportunity is certainly seems to have a effect, on the whole places with
restrictions on weapons have less use of them, it’s certainly not a hard
concept to understand or equally can see it around the world.

 :-)  "Places with restrictions on weapons have less use of them" is _very_ hard for some people to understand!
 

This said your neighbours to the North who seem to have very broadly
similar set in terms of general set up, seem to do much less killing of
each other so unlikely Frank I’m unconvinced it’s the whole thing, clearly
if one has less access but unless I’m mistaken the Canadian have guns maybe
not as many but guns are about but they don’t have the levels of gun
violence that the US does.

 Canadians average about 37 guns per 100 citizens. Americans average about 120 guns per 100 citizens. And Canada restricts gun types. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Firearms_regulation_in_Canada
 Yes, some people in both nations are hunters, farmers, etc. with rational and practical reasons for owning guns. Some are target shooting hobbyists. But the U.S. dominates in the number of people who are so afraid that they feel they _must_ have a gun for "protection."
 Despite the paucity of guns intended for "protection," Canadians don't seem to suffer from hordes of bad guys beating down front doors of homes. And I've not read of Canadian bike path users suffering from vicious attacks - although I suppose anything is possible!
 

Right and as noted by Mr Tricycle (and others here over the years) Canada enjoys much smaller rates of crime and especially violent crime overall. Different culture, different population densities, etc.  Mexico conversely has even more restrictive firearms regulation than Canada, and those statutes are many times older, and yet violent crime and especially homicide by firearm are radically higher in Mexico.  Different culture with many differences, not only regarding homicide.
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