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I guess additionally “gun ownership” is a crude metric. Is it fair to assume that more firearms in Canada are hunting weapons? These are less suited to violence

I guess additionally “gun ownership” is a crude metric. Is it fair to assume that more firearms in Canada are hunting weapons? These are less suited to violence than hand guns, SMGs etc. UKs gun ownership per capita is something like 30% of US’, but these are predominantly shotguns, and a few single-shot rifles. Legal ownership of pistols of any kind is essentially impossible (yes even sport 0.22 ones).

throw0101a 5y ago
AFAICT, about 12% of firearms-owning households have handguns: * https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/wd98_4-dt98_4/p2.html https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/jsp-sjp/wd98_4-d... Hunting rifles and shotguns are not registered, but (many) semi-automatic rifles (e.g., AR-15) would have to be registered—as do handguns—so some ratio of licensees-to-'restricted'-class firearms can be estimated. These restricted-class items can only be used at a licensed range, and so are generally used for fun/target shooting as well as sporting activities (IPSC, IDPA, three-gun).