Tell me again my Canadian cousins, gun control works?

[Phreak101]

Montreal Student Opens Fire at College Campus, killing 1, wounding 19.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/...NlYwNtZW5ld3M-

[AnabolicAndre]

Shit happens.

This is gonna blow up the same way columbine did. (im sorry if I offend anyone with that statement)

[Prada]

I'm not certain if you are being sarcastic or facetious but for someone who has lived in Montreal many years as well as NY, Tampa and in Europe, I can say without any shadow of a doubt......Yes gun control works.

[Red Ketchup]

Yeah but you see here in Canada this is the type of thing that happens once every 10-15 years... not daily or weekly like our cousins to the south.

You know guns are not really a problem when a simple drive by shooting actually makes the national news here...

And 90% of all gun crimes here are commited with UNREGISTERED guns illegally smuggled from guess where....

Red

[deepinsideofme]

that's right red.....

[Rye_guy]

yeah, ive seen it all day on the news, just like in van the caught the guy who was "slashing" homless people.

[Kärnfysikern]

Yeah but you see here in Canada this is the type of thing that happens once every 10-15 years... not daily or weekly like our cousins to the south.

You know guns are not really a problem when a simple drive by shooting actually makes the national news here...

And 90% of all gun crimes here are commited with UNREGISTERED guns illegally smuggled from guess where....

Red

same in sweden. If someone gets shot its instant national news because its such a rare thing to happen.

[Kale]

same in sweden. If someone gets shot its instant national news because its such a rare thing to happen.

Same deal in Australia, they are completely banned and a damn good thing too. !!!! Right to bare arms is a load of shit IMO

[RA]

Try to take my guns...go ahead, make my day.

[RA]

Something like that would make national news here. I like the thread because even with your gun control laws gun violence can happen. (and it wouldnt matter where they came from red)

I like Archie Bunkers take on it. Girl asks "You know how many people were killed with guns last year?" He says "Would it make you feel any better if they were pushed out of windows little girl?"

lol

[Teabagger]

Stats have shown violent crime goes up when the population is unarmed, and violent crime goes down when the population is armed. Florida is a great example. As is England and Australia.

Alot of it is cultural as well.........and you can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers........

[stayinstacked]

The news said they opened fire, they heard about 20 shots go off, and you mean to tell me only one person is dead? Sounds like the guy could have used some target practice if you ask me. But on a serious note, gun control is not the problem in the U.S. I believe the real problem is our liberal, slap on the wrist, ****ed up judicial system. Lets face it, most people who commit crime w/ a gun already have a criminal record 5 pages long, but we havent already put them away due to the prisons being overcrowded already, and our greedy ways of raising state/county income by fining people w/ money so extreme they might as well sit in prison. Where I live the real problem lately is gang violence, we have a bout 5 or 6 different gangs here and it's getting worse lately. They are opening fire on each other in places like movie theatres, the State Fair, sporting events, everywhere and anywhere practically. There has been so much of it lately that as soon as I get the extra money I'm putting in for my handgun permit and getting one myself, and I'm carrying just about everywhere I go. It could be my family at the State Fair who catches stray bullets next time. Statistics show most people who are killed by guns are killed w/ their own handgun, that wont be me. If mine is coming out then it's getting squeezed. Another good little protective device is a stun gun or a cattle prod. My buddy just purchased a 200,000 volt stun gun for $25. He says if you hit someone on the back of the neck w/ it that it could kill them(not sure how true), it takes 2, 9 volt batteries.

[humungus88]

Kimveer Gill, of Laval, north of Montreal, making a satanic hand sign, is shown in this undated photo taken from a website. Gill is being named as the gunman in the Dawson College shootings by the Montreal La Presse newspaper. A trenchcoat-clad shooter with a scowl and a Mohawk haircut turned a college cafeteria into a combat zone with a commando-style assault that left him and a young woman dead Wednesday.

[Mizfit]

without laws there is chaos

[zimmy]

without laws there is chaos

i agree...all sheep need to be herded...unfortunately the world has so many weak minded people...

[zimmy]

The news said they opened fire, they heard about 20 shots go off, and you mean to tell me only one person is dead? Sounds like the guy could have used some target practice if you ask me. But on a serious note, gun control is not the problem in the U.S. I believe the real problem is our liberal, slap on the wrist, ****ed up judicial system. Lets face it, most people who commit crime w/ a gun already have a criminal record 5 pages long, but we havent already put them away due to the prisons being overcrowded already, and our greedy ways of raising state/county income by fining people w/ money so extreme they might as well sit in prison. Where I live the real problem lately is gang violence, we have a bout 5 or 6 different gangs here and it's getting worse lately. They are opening fire on each other in places like movie theatres, the State Fair, sporting events, everywhere and anywhere practically. There has been so much of it lately that as soon as I get the extra money I'm putting in for my handgun permit and getting one myself, and I'm carrying just about everywhere I go. It could be my family at the State Fair who catches stray bullets next time. Statistics show most people who are killed by guns are killed w/ their own handgun, that wont be me. If mine is coming out then it's getting squeezed. Another good little protective device is a stun gun or a cattle prod. My buddy just purchased a 200,000 volt stun gun for $25. He says if you hit someone on the back of the neck w/ it that it could kill them(not sure how true), it takes 2, 9 volt batteries.

well said..

p.s. It's common fact that when gun control is in place violent crime usually goes up... why? Because unlike guns... knives , swords, and other weapons are not classified on there own...so they all fall under this catagory.

[Red Ketchup]

Something like that would make national news here. I like the thread because even with your gun control laws gun violence can happen. (and it wouldnt matter where they came from red)

Of course it matters... a lot.

The gun this psycho used is a restricted weapon here... what that means is that it's nearly impossible for a civilian to purchase it legally. That implies it was either stolen or smuggled in the country illegally.

No law can control illegal weapons, (just like no law will stop a man from beating his wife), but since the penalties are so harsh for owning one (25 years to life), they are not that easy to buy.

And you are right, gun violence CAN happen... but on a much much much smaller scale per capita than where there is no control at all.

Red

[Red Ketchup]

well said..
p.s. It's common fact that when gun control is in place violent crime usually goes up... why? Because unlike guns... knives , swords, and other weapons are not classified on there own...so they all fall under this catagory.

Sounds like nice NRA propaganda...

Now lets see numbers to back it up.

Violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004

USA: 3982.6
UK: 2141
Canada: 946

Hmmm I'm afraid the statistics disagree with your "fact". I will admit that guns are not everything though, culture plays a lot in this equation... but you can't deny that easy access to an easy to use weapon weighs in heavily.

Sources:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdf...206chap123.pdf

Red

[humungus88]

Another pic of the nutcase

[RA]

I think he was talking about concealed carry laws. Every state where we allow that the gun crimes reduce...

There is a price to pay for freedom. For everything that your country doesnt "allow" you are less free. Ill take my battlezone of a country any day.

Sounds like nice NRA propaganda...

Now lets see numbers to back it up.

Violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004

USA: 3982.6
UK: 2141
Canada: 946

Hmmm I'm afraid the statistics disagree with your "fact". I will admit that guns are not everything though, culture plays a lot in this equation... but you can't deny that easy access to an easy to use weapon weighs in heavily.

Sources:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdf...206chap123.pdf

Red

[RA]

And my point red is if he didnt get it from usa, then he would get it somewhere else. You dont know where he got it.

[zimmy]

Sounds like nice NRA propaganda...

Now lets see numbers to back it up.

Violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004

USA: 3982.6
UK: 2141
Canada: 946

Hmmm I'm afraid the statistics disagree with your "fact". I will admit that guns are not everything though, culture plays a lot in this equation... but you can't deny that easy access to an easy to use weapon weighs in heavily.

Sources:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdf...206chap123.pdf

Red

I hate that the only organization anyone ever knows about is NRA...they are hacks...

as far as those stats...ya...heard em for a while...I dont' have time to go get you links...but recent stats ESPECIALLY in the UK are on the up and up where as gun violence is going down in the US. Don't believe me... go search for it... don't want to search for it...

lol sorry too lazy to look it up at work.

[3Vandoo]

the nutcase is my best friend neighbor!!!!! ****ing wacko

and yes gun control works! we dont have that shit everyweeks like the US do

so take your NRA's ass back to Chuck Neston

[biglouie250]

the gun was most likely smuggled in from the US.....i believe that something like 75% of gun crimes commited in canada were from guns that were brought from the United States. Violent gun crimes are far fewer in canada per capita then in the US. Simple statistics dont lie.

[3Vandoo]

from what Ive heard the three guns were legal

one semi auto 9mm rifle
1 hunting rifle
1 pistol

[Red Ketchup]

I've no doubt the hunting rifle was legal...

The pistol is hard to get, but if you're willing to go thru months of paperwork and investigations you can own a pistol.

The assault rifle on the other hand I'm pretty sure is restricted (ie: only for military and police). Clip holds more than 7 rounds and the barrel is too short (18" minimum if my memory is any good).

If the guns were legal, it's going to really shake up gun control laws here again... as if we needed to make them more restrictive

Red

[Joey2ness]

the nutcase is my best friend neighbor!!!!! ****ing wacko

and yes gun control works! we dont have that shit everyweeks like the US do

so take your NRA's ass back to Chuck Neston

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/am...ing/index.html
The college shooter wrote on Web that favorite video game was "Columbine Massacre"
. P.S. please dont flame me! I played that game and made a really crazy post here on AR:Columbine video game upsets victim's father

[RA]

We dont have it every week either vandoo and like I said, I would rather have more freedoms anyway.

the nutcase is my best friend neighbor!!!!! ****ing wacko

and yes gun control works! we dont have that shit everyweeks like the US do

so take your NRA's ass back to Chuck Neston

[Teabagger]

Those who would give up freedom for security deserve neither. Was that Churchill that said that?? Anyway...it true.

[Kärnfysikern]

Those who would give up freedom for security deserve neither. Was that Churchill that said that?? Anyway...it true.

You are not free to drive as fast as you want to because of security reasons. Do you object to speed limits in traffic??

[IronFreakX]

You are not free to drive as fast as you want to because of security reasons. Do you object to speed limits in traffic??

All within reason, Im sure churchill or whoever wasnt talking about absloutes

And off topic here, FVCK speed limits.....60Mph?

That's fvcking 1st gear

[Kärnfysikern]

All within reason, Im sure churchill or whoever wasnt talking about absloutes

Precisely my point. All within reason. In one way or another we all give upp small freedoms in order to make society more secure.
For me its perfectly reasonable to have strickt weapon laws.

In sweden you can own a weapon if you are in the national home guard, if you have a hunting liscence or if you compete in marksmanship(is this the right word??). But there are very strickt regulations on how you should store and keep the weapon.

Only those in the home guard are allowed to own assult rifles.

[RA]

I keep looking for recent stats on aus and the uk. Both showed increases in crime following the gun ban but Im trying to find how it is today vs before the ban.

[Teabagger]

You are not free to drive as fast as you want to because of security reasons. Do you object to speed limits in traffic??

yes, in most instances.

[Phreak101]

Sounds like nice NRA propaganda...

Now lets see numbers to back it up.

Violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004

USA: 3982.6
UK: 2141
Canada: 946

Hmmm I'm afraid the statistics disagree with your "fact". I will admit that guns are not everything though, culture plays a lot in this equation... but you can't deny that easy access to an easy to use weapon weighs in heavily.

Sources:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050721/d050721a.htm
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdf...206chap123.pdf

Red

The irony of this is most of the guns used in these crimes were most likely acquired ilegally.

Gun control will do nothing to keep illegal firearms off the streets, all it will do is disarm people who use them for deterance/protection.

If your house is being robbed and you fire off 3 a warning shot from your 12 guage, my money is on your house will a)stop getting robbed instantly, and b) won't get robbed again.

Try that kind of deterance with a can of pepper spray

[Kärnfysikern]

The irony of this is most of the guns used in these crimes were most likely acquired ilegally.

Gun control will do nothing to keep illegal firearms off the streets, all it will do is disarm people who use them for deterance/protection.

If your house is being robbed and you fire off 3 a warning shot from your 12 guage, my money is on your house will a)stop getting robbed instantly, and b) won't get robbed again.

Try that kind of deterance with a can of pepper spray

So you se no logic in the fact that if there is less guns in society it will be hardet for criminals to get ahold of it
Its obviously proven to work in the nordic countries, we have very very few shootings. Offcourse they still happen everynow and then and offcourse there are illegal weapons here aswell. But every little shithead on the street cant get ahold of a gun here.

[Kärnfysikern]

yes, in most instances.

I am suprised that you that knowing that you realise that the probability of surviving a car crash is highly sensitive to the speed of collision. Is that little bit of freedom worth higher death rates in traffic?

What about drunk driving? It limits one freedom in order to make it safer for everyone. Where do you draw the line betwen giving upp freedom/gaining safety? ( remember I am not a ban happy guy, I want to legalise most drugs).

[tiger909]

Another pic of the nutcase

is that ironfreak lol

[Red Ketchup]

The irony of this is most of the guns used in these crimes were most likely acquired ilegally.

I'm afraid you're right there... and no laws on the planet will stop someone from getting an illegal firearm, just as no law on the planet will stop you or me from buying gear.

Whet they hope to do with the law is to reduce the availibility of guns to steal and resell on the black market (and that has worked as now most crime guns are smuggled from the US).

Gun control will do nothing to keep illegal firearms off the streets, all it will do is disarm people who use them for deterance/protection.

Well, yes and no...

You have to understand what the laws are here. First and foremost, we have no constitutional right to own weapons... firearm ownership is a privilege here.

There is an outright ban on certain types of weapons (handguns and assault weapons). We as a society choose to seriously restrict them.

On the other hand almost anyone can own hunting weapons (I own several myself). All you need to do is to get a firearms licence (which is basically a "screening"), and register the weapons.

The second part to this gun law dictates how you are to store the guns, and thats just common sense (gun safe or trigger lock, and weapon unloaded).

If your house is being robbed and you fire off 3 a warning shot from your 12 guage, my money is on your house will a)stop getting robbed instantly, and b) won't get robbed again.

If my house is being robbed, I won't fire off a warning shot... if hearing the action of my 12ga cycle isn't enough for mr badguy to shit his pants, he'll get the shotgun colonestomy. End of story.

I got my 12ga under my bed and 3 shells of #4 in my night table. The gun has a trigger lock on it and the key is with the 3 shells.

Whats starting to worry me though is that apparently this maniac may have bought his restricted gun legally (which is complicated and involves months of paperwork and investigations). If thats the case, something went seriosuly wrong with his screening and some heads are gonna roll.

Red

[IronFreakX]

is that ironfreak lol

The Legend LIVES!!!!!

But funny you should say that, based on what Red posted in the other thread, I had alot in common with him.

damn wheres my trenchcoat...I gotta head out.... JK