Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Ohio: Buckeyes for Concealed Carry President Uses Handgun to Defend Family [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)Canada's murder rate follows the same sine wave as ours, drops when ours drops and climbs when ours climbs. The statistic I saw was 32 percent.
The ATF disclaimer on page two is worth reading
http://www.atf.gov/statistics/download/trace-data/international/2007-2011-canada-trace-data.pdf
Most of European illegal guns come from the same place the drugs do, follows the same trade routes. To a large degree, the same people who smuggle guns into Canada also smuggle the drugs. If you know where to buy a bag of pot in Germany or the UK, you know where to get an illegal gun. Since you can get an SMG for the same price as a pistol, without added penalty for its use, that is why they use them more than we do.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/30/ukcrime1
Biker gangs in Australia make Sten and Owen SMGs in clandestine factories. A Sten can be made in a bicycle shop.
Traced to the US means what? According to the ATF, most Canadian crime guns were US made.
here is a detail that is not consistent with your hypothisis
restricted (237)
(there are three major types of licenses in Canada: unrestricted, restricted, and prohibited. Prohibited license is for grandfathered weapons that have been banned for private ownership. Pre 1977 machine guns for example.)
The ultimate test is the before and after, can it be verified by experimentation. Can't find a case of murder or suicide rate dropping due to stricter gun laws.