Supporting current gun laws generally in Canada is the best chance to keep what we have now, keith. They're reasonable to most Canadians. Pursuing US no background checks, carry conceal, stand ground, machine guns etc will only diminish any influence with majority sentiment in 80 per cent urban Canada. I'm a rifleman of the JO'C/Carnichael age, have seen only one assault rifle in the woods or at the range, and consider them an affectation. I don't get as much pleasure from using a handgun at paper targets as I do in easily accessible wide-open wild spaces. As the Mountie sergeant told me nearly 70 years ago: use it where there are no people and you'll keep out of trouble. Illegal wisdom but worked out well. Gun control will be the least challenge of climate deniers within this century.