Gun deaths cut in half since 1979 in Canada

[KipWellsFan]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...aths050628.html

 

In a study issued on Monday, the federal agency notes that Canadian gun-control laws have been stiffened in recent decades and gun registration has been made compulsory, but it draws no conclusions about the cause of the falling death toll.

 

It says that 816 people — 767 males and 49 females — died of firearms-related injuries in Canada in 2002, the most recent year examined in the study. This represented 2.6 deaths per 100,000 population, down from 5.9 per 100,000 in 1979, it said.

 

Among males, the 2002 rate was 4.9 deaths per 100,000, down from 10.6 in 1979. Among females, it was 0.3, down from 1.2.

 

American comparison at link as well

[Kalapse]

[southsider2k5]

Just because I have no idea...

 

What do Canada's gun laws look like? What is outlawed, who can't buy guns, etc? Also does Canada have constitutional provisions protecting arms the way the US does?

[mreye]

Canada -- A 1934 law required registration of handguns. A 1977 law (Bill C-51) required a "Firearms Acquisition Certificate" for acquiring a firearm, eliminated protection of property as a reason for acquiring a handgun, and required registration of "restricted weapons," defined to include semi- automatic rifles legislatively attacked in this country under the slang and confusing misnomer, "assault weapon." The 1995 Canadian Firearms Act (C-68) prohibited compact handguns and all handguns in .32 or .25 caliber -- half of privately owned handguns. It required all gun owners to be licensed by Jan. 1, 2000, and to register all rifles and shotguns by Jan. 1, 2003. C-68 broadened the police powers of "search and seizure" and allowed the police to enter homes without search warrants, to "inspect" gun storage and look for unregistered guns. Canada has no American "Fifth Amendment;" C-68 requires suspected gun owners to testify against themselves. Because armed self-defense is considered inappropriate by the government, "Prohibited Weapons Orders" have prohibited private possession and use of Mace and similar, non-firearm means of protection. (For more information, see www.cfc- ccaf.gc.ca and www.nraila.org/research/20010215-InternationalGunControl-001.shtml.

 

http://www.nraila.org//issues/factsheets/read.aspx?id=78

[southsider2k5]

http://www.nraila.org//issues/factsheets/read.aspx?id=78

 

Wow, they don't even need search warrents to search for guns, and they have no protection against self-incrimination? Wow.

[mreye]

Corruption in Gun Registry Program

[mreye]

Interesting read (From pro gun side, FWIW)

 

Bernardo told the gathering of about 350 people that "there's been a whole change of attitude in the deepest levels of the Liberal Party of Canada" since the Auditor General revealed last December that the gun registry is likely to cost more than $1 billion by 2005. The federal government had estimated the total cost to taxpayers would be $2 million when it passed Bill C-68 in 1995. Various provisions of the law, which requires that all firearms, including rifles and shotguns, be registered, were phased in up to January 2003.

[KipWellsFan]

http://www.nraila.org//issues/factsheets/read.aspx?id=78

 

Or can be simply summed up by, Canadians have only the right to protect themselves by hockey stick and or curling stones or the wailing of Anne Murray's voice.

[Kyyle23]

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...aths050628.html

American comparison at link as well

 

However, deaths due to heads being cut off by crazy neighbors with chainsaws and swords have increased dramatically.....

[mreye]

Or can be simply summed up by, Canadians have only the right to protect themselves by hockey stick and or curling stones or the wailing of Anne Murray's voice.

That would suffice.

[Rex Kickass]

Between a gun or Anne Murray, I know what I'd rather have for home protection.

 

That Anne Murray is fierce!