We have more violence, plain and simple. People who want to do each other are going to use whatever they have. We have one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse countries in the world, with one of the highest standards of living in the world, meaning lots of reasons to want other people dead and lots of free time with which to indulge their impulses. Citing those stats, BTW, is an argument AGAINST gun control. According to you, in the USA it is much more likely that someone is going to try to murder me with a firearm. Therefore, I want easy access to firearms to defend myself.

It's all irrelevant, even though B. I'd rather more homicides than less freedom.

And they have to live in Canada. Hey statboy, how many of those firearm homicides are gang-related? You know, the kind where they have guns purchased illegally in the first place, and very often there is no real "innocent" victim?

We have societal problems unlike anything Canada has. Their geographic proximity has nothing to do with the cultural issues, because the flip side is Mexico is equally close. Maybe the reason the homicide rate declines as you move North is that the Mexican population decreases as well. Ever think of that? It is as likely a cause as any other if we go by you stat-in-a-vaccuum analysis.



Also irrelevant, although yes, because the whole point of owning guns is not self defense or recreation, but armed rebellion.