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« Interesting contrast in California | Main | Luis V. United States, Thomas concurrence »

Clayton Cramer is glad they don't have Canada's murder rate where he lives

Posted by David Hardy · 28 March 2016 04:34 PM

In Idaho. And for that matter, most of the tier of states contiguous to Canada.

2 Comments | Leave a comment

Magnafan | March 29, 2016 7:07 AM | Reply

I am an American citizen who spends a lot of time in Canada. I have a Canadian firearms Possession and Acquisition Licence, all the paperwork to transport my unloaded, case, locked restricted firearms (handguns) to the U.S. border. I am a "handgun safety" instructor at Canadian ranges.
Yes, Toronto is a relatively safe city, not because of the California-New Jersey-type gun laws--but because of effective law-enforcement and one more ingredient I will mention at the end.
When armed gang violence began to grow in the eighties, Toronto police acted aggressively, stopping suspicious people in the streets, developing sources, performing gun raids. Strict criminal gun laws get bad guys off the streets for a few years. Result? While same-sized Chicago had hundreds of gang shooting deaths last year, Toronto had nine. One more difference. Most gang members are immigrants. Canada deports them.

Douglas2 | March 29, 2016 10:24 AM | Reply

That't a pretty old article that is somehow being front-page promoted lately at PJ media sites.

I recall checking the figures and seeing the premise not hold-up well if you change years or switch to more easterly states/provinces.

Yukon borders Alaska, and managed three years 2011-2013 without any recorded homicides at all, but since the population is only just over 30,000, having three murders in 2014 puts its "rate" above all US states but Louisiana for that year.

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