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Originally Posted by T@T
Not really, Out of the hundreds of people I know only 3 own a handgun(one of those has an old S&W relic and another is a cop) The US has over 300 million legal handguns, this is the problem and the only way to get most of them out of circulation is a ban(similar to Australia's and UK's) and the assault style rifles are such a joke they may as well be full automatic, 100 round mags are legal and as fast as you can "fan" the trigger it shoots, most people could shoot all 100 shots in under a minute.
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The US clearly has the most guns and the most guns per capita. However, Canada does have a lot of guns: we are somewhere around 15th in the world per capita. Most of the weapons in Canada are rifles and shotguns used for hunting.
Gun ownership is part of the DNA of the USA. It's a staple of their origin story and has acheived a cultural status closely associated with 'freedom' and 'independence'. The UK and Australia (and Canada) don't share that cultural foundation. It's very easy for us to say it's ridiculous to have semi-automatic assault rifles since the only purpose they practically serve is to kill many people quickly...because it is ridiculous. But it's one of those deep-rooted flaws that every country has. Changing a nations mitochondria takes a lot of time.