I'd like too see a ten year or so study done on the recent unvetted wave of immigrants and their crime rates vs the crime rates before their arrival.
Sadly the data the article you read used doesn't seem to match other data for 2018. Plenty of less diverse cities are well ahead of us. For example, Thunder Bay was at 6.91/100,000, Medicine Hat at 6.16, Edmonton at 3.92, Regina 3.58, Saskatoon 3.38, Winnipeg 3.26, ...
How does banning anyone from having a gun solve anything when it is most likely that those doing the shooting were not supposed to have guns legally in the first place. You really think that a ban would stop them?
The people doing the shooting have already been banned from owning firearms. I can guarantee you not one of the guns used in the shooting was purchased legally by the shooter.
As a legal firearms owner I, as do all PAL holders, am subject to daily CPIC checks by the RCMP to see if we have come onto the police radar at any point. If I have and they deem it necessary the RCMP will be knocking on my door asking me if I have time to talk about Jesus... I have even heard of spot inspections with 24 hours notice based on social media posts.. Naturally a law abiding citizen has nothing to fear and the officers that work for the CFOs are pretty decent people, they don't want to close ranges or take legitimate firearms away. They are enthusiasts too and on a pretty cushy duty....
The vast majority of this type of crime whether it is GTA gangs or those operating in Alberta are Canadian citizens usually raised in Canada who are killing each other.
On cp24 the other day the police and news reporters said it was a targeted shooting ... So I'm not sure where you are getting idea they weren't targeted because in fact they were. However I do believe that guns should be banned in Canada . There is no reason for anybody to own a gun unless they are using it for hunting . I'm not saying a ban would stop gun violence but it might minimize it even a little bit.
There are ways for these shooters to get legally owned firearms that are not in their name .I , myelf have done the gun safety course and I know how hard it is to get a license. I also remember the instructor telling us that sometimes people get the license just to supply these thugs with the guns. They report them "stolen " or "lost " and just purchase new ones. The dirty ones end up on the street. I don't think a ban would necessarily SOLVE the problem but it might minimize the gun violence. Remember where there is a will there is a way & criminals aren't as dumb as you all may think.
It would take time to dig it up, but the amounts Dellen Millard paid Matthew Ward-Jackson for three separate weapons wasn't cheap.
Does anybody (outside their families and friends) care if they hurt or kill only themselves? If gun owners only hurt or kill themselves, we would not be having this conversation.
One problem is too many don't know the rule of the lake. When another boat is coming in your direction, you both turn to your right. Yes, the "other right".
The stricter gun laws, the more expensive those black market guns are as they are harder to find.
Exactly... and this is what people in the USA have known and understood since their founding.
