Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Ottawa gunman launched attack with slow-loading, John Wayne-style rifle: experts [View all]jimmy the one
(2,708 posts)I wrote: Demonstrates a big general difference between American gun policy & Canadian gun policy, & the after-affects thereof. .. Canadian gun control makes it more difficult to obtain the killing potential that exists in America.
Johnston replied: actually, it doesn't .. he could have just as easily obtained some kind of AR or other semi automatic, even if he wasn't a convicted felon and had a PAL, which he didn't.
What part of 'more difficult' do you not understand? Canadian gun laws make it more difficult to obtain the killing potential that exists in America, from guns. Whether Canadian killer 'could' have gotten an AR is immaterial, it's that it is 'more difficult' to get it in Canada than in America. For several reasons, including local supply.
Johnston: As for after effects, here is a study that says otherwise. http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/cces
What's this? one of your dazzling links to irrelevant oblivion?
.. where the link is a general link to who knows what other than johnston?
I found nothing whatsoever to a 'study that says otherwise':
Johnston's link 'contends': Welcome! The CCES is a 50,000+ person national stratified sample survey administered by YouGov/Polimetrix. Half of the questionnaire consists of Common Content asked of all 50,000+ peopl