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Old 02-15-2018, 10:10 AM   #215
Edward64
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Originally Posted by Johnny93g View Post
I think right there is the disconnect us non americans are seeing. We don't have an AR-15 to lock up in the gun safe...

Had to do a quick lookup, not trying to draw any conclusions right now.

Surprisingly, Canadian gun ownership is actually higher than I would have thought.

2. Firearms Ownership in Canada - Firearms, Accidental Deaths, Suicides and Violent Crime: An Updated Review of the Literature with Special Reference to the Canadian Situation
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In the previous literature review, the author indicated that about 25 percent of Canadian households own some sort of firearm (Gabor, 1994: 9). A recent Department of Justice Canada report indicated that, based on the combined findings of several studies, 26 percent may be the most reliable figure (See Block, 1998:3). In total, it is estimated that about 3 million civilians in Canada own firearms.
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Overall, surveys suggest that more people in rural areas own firearms than in urban locations. For example, 37.3 percent of respondents from small towns own a firearm compared to 2.8 percent in communities with populations over one million. Residents of small towns are also more likely to own long guns than people living in large cities: 33.6 percent compared to 1.2 percent respectively (Block, 1998: 24).
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