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Originally Posted by opendoor
Perhaps. I guess my larger point is more that the US's lax gun control is a symptom of their culture, and not the cause of it.
Changing laws is the easy part, but changing the culture that produces these kinds of acts at the rate it does is much, much tougher. The reason these things happen far less in Canada isn't because guns are harder to get; it's because Canada produces less psychos who are obsessed with guns and violence that will act out like this.
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But they are related. Guns are treated as dangerous things in Canada and most Canadians think guns are dangerous. These reinforce each other. If guns were freely available they would become more mainstream and accepted. Changing laws won't change attitudes over night but will over time.
Seat belt and car seat and helmet and smoking laws were a pain in the butt when introduced but now who doesn't do it?