Not really, for instance one study I read looked at compared emergency room visits between hospitals in Seattle Washington, and Vancouver, BC. These were demographically very similar cities. Even after accounting for all other possible differences, the largest amount of the differences in emergency ward visits could only be accounted for by the differences in gun control laws. I think that other comparisons have been done as well, Winnipeg vs Minneapolis for instance, and similar results have been found.
There's also a report by the MOJ in Canada which found that even when accounting for population distribution there was a direct relationship between the use of illegal firearms during a crime and the proximity of the US border. On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Robert Munn <cfmuns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Apples and oranges. The majority of gun crime in the US is centered > around the drug trade. Just as Prohibition created Al Capone and mass > violence in the 20s, the War on Drugs has created an entire generation > of violent gangs who fight over the vast profits to be made in the > illegal drug trade. Canada has more liberal laws about such things, > and frankly fewer people and therefore fewer profits to be made. There > are lots of other historical reasons for violence in the US that > Canada does not share. > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> A question then, if such were the case then how come countries with >> very strong gun control, e.g., Canada for instance, are not overrun >> with armed criminals > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322811 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
