Leaside Gun Death

[SkyRider]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2320215/man-dies-of-injuries-after-shooting-in-leaside/

Never thought this would happen in a private residence in Leaside. (They don't even want a homeless shelter in their neighborhood.) Just how many guns are out there?

 

[someguy77]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2320215/man-dies-of-injuries-after-shooting-in-leaside/

Never thought this would happen in a private residence in Leaside. (They don't even want a homeless shelter in their neighborhood.) Just how many guns are out there?

Clearly an accident, this could happen anywhere. And to answer your question, per capita there are more guns in Canada than in the US.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Clearly an accident, this could happen anywhere. And to answer your question, per capita there are more guns in Canada than in the US.

Long guns or hand guns?

Do you have a link to that statistic?

 

[SkyRider]

question, per capita there are more guns in Canada than in the US.

When I was a young child growing up in Northern Ontario, everybody own guns, but Leaside? What was the gun for? Kill intruders, raccoons, empty beer cans, etc.?

 

[SuperCharge]

There are an estimated 270 million firearms in the U.S., according to the independent research project called ‘Small Arms Survey.’ That’s 89 firearms per 100 residents, making the U.S. the No. 1 country for gun ownership. Canada, on the other hand, ranks 13th on the study’s list, with 9.95 million firearms — or 31 per 100 residents.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1354803/f...canada-have-more-guns-per-capita-than-the-us/

Canadas homicide rate due to firearms doesn't even come close to that of our neighbors.

 

[someguy77]

Long guns or hand guns?

Do you have a link to that statistic?

I remember Michael Moore stating this in Bowling for Columbine. But in hindsight of my comment I have to take his with a grain of salt. More like to apply to long guns only. No one knows exactly how many firearms are owned on Canada. Some stats say under 10M but when looking at import and trade data it could be as high as 20M

 

[SkyRider]

Here is another side of Leaside ---- no homeless shelter.
http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/charity-r...ts-reacting-to-new-homeless-shelter-1.2606116

Leaside was also where 7 year old Georgina Walsh was killed by a motorist.

Leaside is making the news for all the wrong reasons. Time to move to The Beach.

 

[GPIDEAL]

I remember Michael Moore stating this in Bowling for Columbine. But in hindsight of my comment I have to take his with a grain of salt. More like to apply to long guns only. No one knows exactly how many firearms are owned on Canada. Some stats say under 10M but when looking at import and trade data it could be as high as 20M

Supercharge (post #5) answers the question (thank you!)

(I would never believe that Canada has more firearms per capita).

 

[someguy77]

Supercharge (post #5) answers the question (thank you!)

(I would never believe that Canada has more firearms per capita).

Cursory google search makes me doubt it's under 10M. National Post has an article quoting as high as 20M or 62 per 100 residents. This will also be a much higher proportion of long guns vs handguns compared to the US, so you can't rule out that we might have more long guns per capita than compared to the US.

 

[cunning linguist]

Of course they have to use a picture of the accused while he's wearing a hunting cap, agenda much?

 

[luv2fress]

Because of the large quantity of long guns in the rural communities of Canada, it is next to impossible to actually know how many there are. BTW, most of the rural community did not register theirs when the long gun registry was put out, they just ignored it. Also, a lot of the numbers are legal gun owners which are counted as one gun, most have at least 2, and in a lot of cases more than this. The other thing is, unless you stole personal, private data from the Feds, then how exactly would these newspapers know how many guns there are? The bottom line is we do have lots of guns in Canada, but we don't run around like idiots with them, and we have good laws to keep things from getting out of hand.

Over the last 5 years of shootings in the U.S., gun ownership has jumped way over 300 million in total. As per how many per households, this changes drastically depending which state you are in.

 

[GameBoy27]

http://globalnews.ca/news/2320215/man-dies-of-injuries-after-shooting-in-leaside/

Never thought this would happen in a private residence in Leaside. (They don't even want a homeless shelter in their neighborhood.) Just how many guns are out there?

Unfortunately, this sounds like nothing more than careless misuse of a legally owned firearm. A very rare occurrence but the neighbourhood has no bearing on this case.

Many people legally owner hand guns and long guns in the City of Toronto. It is not known if Conor Colangelo is one of the 2 million Canadians with a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) but either way, I'm sure his defence will be "I didn't know it was loaded."

 

[anon1]

Damn white people.

 

[SkyRider]

Conor Colangelo has been charged with manslaughter. Will he be found guilty? Will he spend any time with Luca Magnotta?

 

[GameBoy27]

Conor Colangelo has been charged with manslaughter. Will he be found guilty? Will he spend any time with Luca Magnotta?

You're joking right?

 

[SkyRider]

You're joking right?

My joking was code for: "Will Conor spend any time in jail or will he walk or will he get a suspended sentence like the Costco woman motorist?"

Leaside is a fairly affluent area so he will probably lawyer up.

 

[twizz]

It's a pitty they can't blame it on the Jamaicans or Somali's this time.

 

[SkyRider]

It's a pitty they can't blame it on the Jamaicans or Somali's this time.

Since you asked, here is equal time in the interest of "balanced reporting".

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-25-dead-after-shooting-car-crash-in-downtown-toronto-1.2636588

 

[twizz]

Since you asked, here is equal time in the interest of "balanced reporting".

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/man-25-dead-after-shooting-car-crash-in-downtown-toronto-1.2636588

Balanced reporting would be reporting corporate white collar crimes that cause way bigger negative effects on society. You have to.go to alternative media for thst though.

 

[someguy77]

When I was a young child growing up in Northern Ontario, everybody own guns, but Leaside? What was the gun for? Kill intruders, raccoons, empty beer cans, etc.?

What kind of question is that? I have a dozen acquaintances in Toronto who hunt and own guns which are all kept at home. I live in Toronto and I own many guns. Why? Because I can, that's why!