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Let's see how gun control is working in Canada...
2/7/12:
The two Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers that were shot Feb. 7 near the town of Killam, Alta., are just the latest in a long string of RCMP who have been shot or killed in the line of duty.
6/17/12:
The man wanted in a deadly armored car heist at a university in western Canada that left three armed guards dead was arrested at gunpoint by U.S. border officials...
7/3/12:
So far in 2012, 64 per cent of homicides [in Toronto] are gun related. This year and 2005 are the only two years where gun deaths have made up more than 60 per cent of homicides in nearly two decades. Typically, 45 per cent of homicides [in Toronto] involve guns.
7/18/12:
International media are focused on Toronto after a shooting at a block party in the city’s east end on Monday left two people dead and another 22 injured.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/18/canadian-cities-safe-shooting-toronto_n_1682182.html
7/21/12:
Toronto hip-hop artist P. Reign hosted an "Angel Walk" on Friday evening in the area of Danzig Street in Scarborough — a tribute to Shyanne Charles, 14, and Joshua Yasay, 23, two bystanders who were shot and killed in a shootout that also injured 23 in what is described as the worst shooting event in the city's history. Hundreds took part in the march, which included the release of doves.
But before the night was over, three separate shootings across the city had sent four people to hospital.
A man had been shot in the head and was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition.
...two men were found in a vehicle suffering from gunshot wounds. A 19-year-old had been shot in the leg while a 21-year-old was shot in the arm.
...a 43-year-old man was sent to hospital after being shot several times in the mid-section
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/07/21/toronto-gun-violence-death-shootings_n_1691900.html
8/30/12:
RCMP say a drive-by, pellet-gun shooting on Highway 102 Wednesday evening could have had more serious consequences.
http://www.news957.com/news/local/article/396577--pellet-gun-drive-by-shooting-on-hwy-102
9/3/12:
Officers say a man walking on Mumford Road near West End Mall at 3:15 a.m. was shot with a BB gun by someone in a passing car.
http://www.news957.com/news/local/article/397592--police-say-multiple-victims-shot-with-bb-gun
9/5/12:
Police in Montreal were working Wednesday to uncover the motive behind a gunman's midnight attack that left one person dead and another wounded at the victory rally by Quebec's newly elected premier.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/05/world/americas/canada-election-shooting/index.html
9/10/12:
A notorious Toronto street gang has been linked to a deadly street party shooting, as well as a separate killing and a half-dozen other shootings, police say
9/20/12:
A Grade 12 student [from Ontario] will undergo a psychiatric assessment for threatening to shoot up his high school because a girl didn't want to sit with him on the bus.
http://www.nugget.ca/2012/09/18/student-threatens-school-shootings
9/20/12:
Boy, 12, accused of shooting at police
http://www.news957.com/news/local/article/403642--boy-12-accused-of-shooting-at-police
10/30/12:
1 dead, 2 wounded in Toronto shootings
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/police-seek-suspect-male-shooting-victim-dies-012036745.html
12/11/12:
Richmond RCMP said it was miraculous that no one was injured Tuesday after gunfire broke out at the Ikea store in the 3300-block Jacombs Road.
Breaking News Shooting in Elementary School.. {nm} Dec 14, 09:08
It is in suburban CT.....Dear Gov. Christie, is today a good day to talk about gun control? If not, when? {nm} Dec 14, 09:16
Thanks . . . just what I wanted to read...politicizing a tragedy. Dec 14, 11:41
Hey, websch01ar. Ever wonder why gun control works in Canada, UK and Germany. Outlaws there too. {nm} Dec 14, 12:36
Let's see how gun control is working in Canada... Dec 14, 19:09
populations: 331.59mill (US) vs 34.48mill (Canada) {nm} Dec 15, 16:34
It's a per capita rate. 2.98 per 100,000 Americans, 0.76 per 100,000 Canadians Dec 15, 16:48
2.98 US is from the years 2008-2010 (multiple years) while the 0.76 Canada rate you provided is from 1992 (20 years ago) {nm} Dec 15, 17:44
You're right - there's more recent data for Canada from 2006 that has an even lower rate of 0.6 per 100,000 Canadians. Dec 15, 18:44
They're reporting 12 dead. Geez. {nm} Dec 14, 09:40
Correction. Now 27 (14 of them children). {nm} Dec 14, 09:42
Where are you reading this? CNN says 2 dead (both adults) {nm} Dec 14, 09:50
I work for a school district so it's something that's always in the back of your mind. You never know. {nm} Dec 14, 10:03
2 Days ago. It was Oregon Mall Shooting!!! {nm} Dec 14, 10:05
This is Worst Than Columbine School Shooting!!! {nm} Dec 14, 10:08
USA Solution - More Guns Needed. HUFFPOST Update - 27 dead including 18 children. Dec 14, 11:27
Many civilized countries do not have this many gun deaths in one year. {nm} Dec 14, 11:28
Copycats. Here's one way to help stop it: Dec 14, 14:02
Who decides who gets castrated after that? You're just opening the door to a reign of tyranny. {nm} Dec 15, 01:46
Conspiracy Hurricane Sandy and Now Sandy Elementary School shooting. {nm} Dec 15, 20:33