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Originally Posted by rwthomas1
DieselAddict,
The problem with the statistics provided by Zeus/Canada is that they are firearm related only. Quite obviously the US will have higher rates of all crime involving firearms as they are far more abundant here. What has not been factored, and I have not seen evidence presented to the contrary: After Canada, Britain and Australia passed firearm bans and severe restrictions their crime rates increased. That is an undisputed fact. RT
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Hey RT -
Just to clarify - the stats I provided do focus on firearms, but overall the entire homicide rate in Canada is lower than the US. This includes all homicides, independent of what weapon(s) was used. This is per capita data.
"Rates for all homicides are 3.8 times higher in the United States than in Canada. For 1987-96, the average homicide rate was 8.8 per 100,000 people in the U.S., compared to 2.3 per 100,000 in Canada."
Canada's gun laws have been in place a long time. There wasn't really a sudden 'clamp' down on laws, so to say. Handguns have been restricted for a very long time and as noted, rifle ownership remains high. We had a small arsenal up at our farm for a while - shotguns, 308, M1, 22, etc. 
Overall crime rates have dropped slightly in the past 10 years.
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