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I'm not overly aware of the differences here in Canada, Most people I know own a gun, I know a few people, like my uncle who was a farmer until about 20 years ago, who own a lot of guns, I believe he owns somewhere around 250 guns. But I know we make it hard very for a person to get a handgun, and even harder to make it worth while, (for example, when my brother moved, he had to call the cops and tell them he was moving his handgun from his old house to his new house); and we do not let anyone have a machine gun, at least I believe those are some of the differences.
I live in Windsor, for those who don't know, It's across the river from Detroit, but the downtown cores are right up against each other. Windsor has 215,000 people, Detroit has about 700,000, a little less than 3.5 times the size. Last November, Windsor ended a 27 month long period of no homicides. So between August of 2009 and May of 2012, there was 1 murder. During the same time period in Detroit (3.5 times as many people) there were just under 1000 murders, the homicide rate is is 285 times as high.
also, this 33 month period, where there were 950+ murders in Detroit, this happens to be the period with the lowest murder rate in Detroit in decades.
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