Praeothmin wrote: Which still cited no sources...
Considering all the times "serious" magazines ran articles that were revealed bogus after fact (in Canada as in the US, we're all equal in bad journalism), I tend not to believe until I see a source... :)
And everything I've been able to check in those articles seems to be correct. Canada had a hard time enforcing its gun control laws, and repealed some of them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Canada
Praeothmin wrote: Actually, you can usually joke about pretty much anything with me, like the fact I'm Quebecois, thus french, like the fact Canada has the market on the letters "e" and "h", eh, but in this case I didn't know about the video (and I can't currently watch it as I am at the office)...
It's just that, you sometimes throw lines that may seem like "mild insults", and the way you responded to my posts I thought this was one, thus my "mild insult" about gunpowder (I hope the smiley clued you in to the fact it was meant as a joke?)...
The gun powder remark just seemed like it came out of nowhere until I realized my remark didn't make sense unless you saw the skit.
Praeothmin wrote: Actually, your crime rates in Minnesota are still higher than ours, yet Minnesota shares the same weather as southern Ontario/Quebec, and the lower prairie Provinces...
And our highest crime rates happen to be in the Coldest places, like the Northwest Territories and Yukon...
Most of the USA does not have weather like Minnesota.
Most people don't live in the coldest areas. The situation involving those areas are very different from the rest of the areas people live. Just keep in mind that cramming a number of people into a small space will cause problems.
Praeothmin wrote: Oh really?
Toronto has seen a steady decrease in crime rates in the last 10 years, yet, with 2420.22 persons per square mile, is a densely populated as many large US cities, like Phoenix (2800 per square mile) and Indianapolis (2175), but bigger than Jacksonville (1061)...
U.S.A. about 315, 591,000 or about 88.6 people per square mile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
Canada about 33,476,688 or about 8.3 people per square mile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Wikipedia lists the U.S.A. as the third most heavily populated country on Earth. Canada stands at 35th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co ... population
I'm fairly certain that Indianapolis is not a major city, but a suburb of Chicago like Milwaukee. ^_^
Praeothmin wrote: I know that, in fact I said that:
Which begs the quest as to why bring up the fact that there is a multi-national drop in crime?
Praeothmin wrote: And if the parents had more restricted access to guns, so would the kids...
I realize the author is very pro-second amendment/anti-gun control, and the article is some what dated, but how true is his description of Canada's gun control laws?
http://www.davekopel.com/2a/Mags/The-Fa ... ontrol.htm
The article makes it sound like the kids who do these school shootings would have no trouble getting their parent's guns.
From what I've read here and there it seems areas in the USA with tighter gun control tend to have more crime for some reason. It isn't clear what those reasons are
To be honest, I don't think guns are the problem given that the Swiss keep military grade weapons in their houses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politi ... witzerland
Copycats have been a problem for a long time, and the school shootings seem to be a small part of a larger problem.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 24036.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_shooter
Praeothmin wrote: Really?
Columbine had bombs?
Minneapolis (2012) had bombs?
Binghampton (2009) had bombs?
How many of these mass killings actually used bombs?
You'll have to forgive me for thinking the site of your source is on seems to be run by bleeding heart idiot. The Swiss prove that military grade weapons being in the home does not lead to using them for murder. The dishonesty just makes me sick.
Columbine included bombs. They were dealt with by the police before they went off. So, one third of the examples you provided involved bombs. I'd have to do a lot of research into the others you listed, but I'm not going to trust that site if they leave out information like the bombs at Columbine..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_ ... l_massacre
Praeothmin wrote: Well, I disagree with this point of view, but I understand yours better now...
Thanks...
It was a worsted case scenario known basically first hand by the founders of the United States of America.
Praeothmin wrote: I hope you guys realize I'm kidding right?
If a woman forces herself onto a man, no matter how beautiful, it is rape, or at least sexual assault, and should be punishable by the same type of sentences that men get...
For us in Quebec, that would be a slap on the wrist... :(
I couldn't tell you were joking around, laws can be that sick and twisted like that, and some people honestly believe what you were saying.