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8. Canada is still relatively highly-armed

Reply to treestar (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 09:54 PM

Dec 2014

It's odd: both Canada and the US have higher than average guns per capita, while the US has much higher than average deaths per gun and Canada much lower than average deaths per gun.

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Canada Edmonton: Eight killed in 'senseless mass murder' [View all] muriel_volestrangler Dec 2014 OP

Canada's becoming more like US 1step Dec 2014 #1

Thats a leap treestar Dec 2014 #6

Yes 1step Dec 2014 #7

Canada is still relatively highly-armed Recursion Dec 2014 #8

That's interesting. treestar Dec 2014 #9

Hush! Shamash Dec 2014 #11

Well this particular gun laundry_queen Dec 2014 #13

As I've pointed out elsewhere Shamash Dec 2014 #14

Um, I did some reading laundry_queen Jan 2015 #22

How do you figure that? Shamash Jan 2015 #24

Read my post laundry_queen Jan 2015 #25

Oh, since you put it that way Shamash Jan 2015 #26

Just as I thought. laundry_queen Jan 2015 #27

Over the past 13 years, Vermont's homicide rate is about 2.0, England & Wales about 1.3 muriel_volestrangler Jan 2015 #23

A "senseless mass murder"? Ken Burch Dec 2014 #2

Killing someone for ten million dollars is wrong daleo Dec 2014 #16

is there any other kind? olddad56 Dec 2014 #18

Few mass murders are sensible. JEFF9K Dec 2014 #3

Very sad shenmue Dec 2014 #4

Canada, not you too. brush Dec 2014 #5

. 1step Dec 2014 #10

In the U.S. that would be LiberalElite Dec 2014 #12

Gangs related violence has been on the increase for a while, now! Johnny Rash Dec 2014 #15

This appears to be a domestic killing daleo Dec 2014 #17

My point, exactly: It's Family related! Johnny Rash Dec 2014 #19

one thing that never seems to be asked... RussBLib Dec 2014 #20

for gun humping paranoid assholes, violence *IS* an answer Skittles Dec 2014 #21