LuangPrabangisinLaos t1_j9yql3l wrote on February 25, 2023 at 3:34 PM

Reply to comment by jfjacobc in Fort Worth councilman's 82-year-old mother shot through door of her home by infinitum3d

In Canada greater Montréal has a population of 1.5 million and had 19 firearm related homicides. This is one of the worst years in the last 10.

Philadelphia is an American city of about 1.5 million. Had 512 homocides in 2022 but I can't accurately ascertain how many were from guns.

I can say for 2023 there have been 51 firearm related homocides in 2023 as of Feb 23 in Philly.

It's hard to kill people without easy access to guns, and Canada's primary source of firearms used for murder are from South of the border, because legal gun owners get a background check done every 24 hours and if anything comes up they lose their guns. You don't have a permit? Jail. You have a permit but you didn't follpw your ascribed route to your registered range and your pistol is locked in its box in your trunk? Jail. Personal sale? Complicated.

vegabond007 t1_ja01qnd wrote on February 25, 2023 at 8:49 PM

I have complex feelings about Canada's solution to firearm control. l I do have significant issues with the recent developments.

It's one thing to require these things it's another when the next government comes in and promptly uses it to strip thousands of gun owners who have done nothing wrong of their firearms. Which is why it's such a resisted method of control in the US.

LuangPrabangisinLaos t1_ja1fyk8 wrote on February 26, 2023 at 3:08 AM

Then you're ok with the amount of firearm related homocides, or have a better solution to reduce the number of firearm related crimes? I'm not being sarcastic, it seems like you're up for a sincere discussion.

discotim t1_j9z701q wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:25 PM

Makes total sense, the more guns that are generally out there, legal or otherwise, the more shootings there will be.