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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
It's actually a minuscule amount. Most gun crime is committed with illegal guns.
Stopping illegal guns from the USA, youth programs and mental health is where money should go towards instead of a ban.
The ban is theater, to appear like they are doing something about gun crime, it will have no effect on crime whatsoever, it's politics nothing more.
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Data is limited.
Police forces state 50% in Western Canada and 30% in Canada are domestically sourced guns. Gun Suicides in general are carried out with legal guns.
Both will be subject to the substitution affect so banning will increase illegal use in homicides and other methods of suicides will be used. Also there is consideration for whether or not a gun in the home increasing risk of suicide is personal choice or public health issue.
You are looking at affecting with a hand gun band somewhere in the 75 Homicides a year range and 300 or so suicides. (Somewhere between 40-50% of suicides by gun are handguns)
The statement that a handgun ban will have no affect is highly likely to be false. I would agree with you if you were talking about the scary weapon ban.