Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun Controllers Unwittingly Support Unsafe Societal Conditions [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Their murder rate was still 1/4 ours when their federal gun laws were about the same if not laxer than ours. Their crime rates follow the same sine wave ours has, goes up when ours has and drops when ours does. There are some things I doubt you would like about the Canadian system:
non violent felons can legally own guns
18 year olds can legally buy handguns from a store
12 year olds can legally buy ammo from a store
inter provincial sales (a resident of Alberta may legally buy a gun in BC or Ontario) are legal
their internet/mail order sales, gun comes to your door.
None of that is legal here.
If you buy a gun online, you type in your PAL number along with payment and shipping info at check out. Once the seller verifies the PAL number with the RCMP, it comes to the door. If the gun is restricted, go to the RCMP Firearms Centre's website to register it.
inter provincial sales (a resident of Alberta may legally buy a gun in BC or Ontario) are legal
Cars and guns are false equivalents. There are no car prohibition lobby in any country that I know of. Gun prohibtionist lobbies do. Such confiscations have taken place in UK, Canada, California, and Australia.
Car registration generates revenue, that is the whole point of it. Gun registration does not. It cost money and has never provided police evidence or provided public safety benefits.