ohshit604@sh.itjust.works to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 25 days agoOttawa unveils next steps in its national gun buyback program. Here are the detailswww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareSkaterBoi@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoMore than half the victims were burned, beaten, and/or stabbed to death. Fewer than half were murdered with firearms.
minus-squarefavoredponcho@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoWell, in the US 80% of homicides were committed with a firearm, so if your goal is to achieve that outcome, I guess you’d make guns more available.
minus-squareSkaterBoi@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoThe USA non-gun homicide rate is higher than Canada’s homicide rate. Without guns you guys kill a higher percentage of your population. I’m thinking it is not just the guns.
More than half the victims were burned, beaten, and/or stabbed to death. Fewer than half were murdered with firearms.
Well, in the US 80% of homicides were committed with a firearm, so if your goal is to achieve that outcome, I guess you’d make guns more available.
The USA non-gun homicide rate is higher than Canada’s homicide rate. Without guns you guys kill a higher percentage of your population. I’m thinking it is not just the guns.