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26% of Canadians own guns according to reports, ( I question that stat), that is 3rd most in the world behind the USA, and Norway. Well, 80% of Canadians drink alcohol. In a democracy, the majority of the people are supposed to get what they want. ie. pot laws. If enough fellow citizens get together, and decide they do not like what you are doing, they can vote that you no longer can do it. Sucks but that is how we roll.
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Originally Posted by fishermccann
2.1 million licences (rounding up) in a population of 35 million. Adult population is ~27 million. So more like 8% of Canadian adults, unless we assume there's an awful lot of unlicensed owners out there!
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Ya I thought it was out of wack as well, they said there were over 7 million guns in Canada, to get that % ,gun owners would only have 1 each. My gang and most guys that I have hunted with, have a dozen guns each.
Doesn’t the criminal element make up something like 10 to 20% of the population? Using a figure of 15% that could mean about 4 million unlicenced firearm owners, with at least one gun each. The one trafficker they reported catching had something in the order of 377 handguns. To say they have no idea of the number of firearms they are dealing with, is to putting it mildly.
You don’t stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
The best quote from a politician I've heard in years- "You don't catch the bad guys by going after the good guys." Thanks for that Premier Ford. Go Ford Nation!:thumbup:
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Originally Posted by trimmer21
Except that most people who do crimes don't use guns, and probably never have guns.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gun Nut
About 10% (3.8 million) of Canadians have criminal records. Most people who have criminal records have records for minor crimes.
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There is a distinction between crimes, and gun crimes, (someone will pull up the figures), that will tell you all you need to know. Most criminals do not use guns. Do you think that there should be laws , or, some how ,some way, to prevent someone from having 377 guns?
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Originally Posted by fishermccann
Did you ever see the brochure Epps puts out, his inventory makes this bust looks like small potatoes. This guy was trafficking in guns this was his inventory, he wasn't legally licensed to sell firearms,nor the drugs he was caught with. Why on earth if you are a legal collector would you want or need some banal legislation to limit the extent of your collection? As for this collection of firearms, there are already laws in place to prevent the accumulation illegal firearms. What is lacking is the means to ferret them out. These guns were discovered when the police attended a drug bust. A firefighter answering a fire alarm notice some unusual dust on the floor and reported it to the police.
You don't stop hunting because you grow old. You grow old because you stop hunting.
- Gun Nut
The trafficker in question did not have 337 handguns.
He had 33 new-in-box Glocks, along with a large quantity of narcotics, which resulted in 337 charges.
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