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Canada's gun laws are significantly stricter than MA, and we have wayyy less guns than the US. And we still have a mass shooting every year or two.
by sudosysgen 4y ago
Canada's gun laws are significantly stricter than MA, and we have wayyy less guns than the US. And we still have a mass shooting every year or two.
- throw0101a 4y agoLicensing is the key point: a filter so any rando can't get a firearm by, e.g., just buying an engagement ring wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing: * https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/shotgun-wedding-buy-engagement-ring-free-gun-184529691.html https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/shotgun-wedding-buy-en... * https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2016/10/25/only-in-texas-lubbock-jeweler-offers-free-gun-with-engagement-ring-purchase/ https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2016/10/25/only-in-tex... Just teaching ACTS and PROVE would probably help reduce a lot of needless carnage. Yes. But much higher than most other developed countries. Without a crazy high number of shootings, probably because there are fewer 'Rambos' walking around packin' heat, lighting off: * https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2022-02-01-watch-video-shows-road-rage-suspect-shooting-through-his-own-windshield/ https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2022-02-01-watch-vid... The list of massacres and mass shootings for Canada over the course of its entire history fits on one not-very-long page: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Canada * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mass_shootings_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mass_shootings_in_Can... Contrast the US: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_... * https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting