[The Real Slim Shady]

For all those saying that without the right to bear arms... it will be so much worse.

How do you reconcile that in Canada, where it is very difficult for a civilian to get their hands on a gun, the gun violence is a mere fraction of that which it is in the US.

The homicide rate, for example, YTD in Vancouver, Canada, is 9. In Comparison New York City is ~450. If you want to even out the population difference, that would be about 35 homicides YTD for Vancouver if the population was the same. In Montreal, Its something like ~30 homicides YTD. That would be about ~100 homicides if the population was evened out. And its not just NYC that has high homicide rates, its most American cities.

So yes... i believe more innocents might be harmed short term if the right to own firearms was restricted... because there are a lot on the street. But long term i suspect gun violence would decrease drastically.