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Eightbore, I'm one Canadian confident that there are few to none "unreported" shootings in the US, as King suggests. Additionally there are many Canadians who envy the rights and freedoms guaranteed by your Constitution and Bill of Rights....rights sorely lacking in Canada.

Bill, glad to see you are keeping your sense of humour!

Ken,I'll ignore the last phrase of your post above and say you're right. Craig, we've had our disagreements over time, but I have no wish to make it personal. I apologize for my snarky comments. I'm reminded how many good friends I have who don't share my views on every topic. There's enough friction in our public discourse without my adding to it here.

I can somewhat understand that some people don't like Trump. However, I fail to understand how they can respect a piece of trash like Hillary as a valid replacement.

Amen!!

Bill and Bill: Failure to understand the egregious public discourse, to the point of dread, mirth and a welcome distraction from our daily grind depending on where we live, is mostly from disbelief that it's actually happening, imposed on the world one way or another.

There's no escape, not even when your admired checks and balances adjudicates your leadership, a country at war with itself will still be there. If I were king, as a liberal I'd put anyone in stocks who stirred the pot in a partisan way while the Constitution is doing its job.

Ed unarmed people, who are being attacked by armed people, are helpless victims. The fact that Liberals think that gun free zones will keep people safe is a gross lie. If you look at some of the highest number of shooting victims events they all are in gun free zones. Malls, work places, night clubs, churches, movie theaters. All have been sites of mass shootings. One thing they have in common is signs which proudly proclaim to the world this is a gun free zone. If you want a gun free zone you must protect the people within. They don't. They put up a sign which to me is a beacon light telling bad guys this is a very low risk zone for you, shoot away.

Here's a little hint for you Ed. I'm rarely gun free. Perhaps, if I have to use my gun in a gun free zone I'll have to deal with some minor legal issues afterwards but I'll be there instead of dead, wounded or worse dealing with the loss of a love one. But if I do use, l bet all those there will be willing to come to my defense. People need to look out for others, not trust in the gooodness of bad people to suddenly do the right thing.

ky: i get it...thing is, and the point of my question is to seek an answer to foxie's question:

" How do we screen out the "Charlie Manson" types from passing the NICS background check, I wonder. Anyone have a solid idea on this? "

perhaps, restricting certain classes of firearms and making them more difficult to obtain and keep is an option to consider?

Jon, I have no quarrel with what you say. You live there and I don't. You know your environment and all I know is that it is violent compared to many other countries. Sovereign countries choose how they want to live.

Canada, with a federal gun law, has fewer killings because of the kind of people we are, the laws we make for public safety. Most Canadians disagree strongly with common carry. They consider it unnecessary.

Your reasonable response to Ed was to raise the thought in me: Is there evidence that carrying overall is a deterrent to killing, indiscriminate or otherwise. Does carry strengthen public safety?

It may there. We don't think so here. Hence carry licenses rare.

king: are there any restrictions on semi auto hi cap firearms in canada? came up with this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Canada