Charlton Heston said it best on bowling for columbine.

And their rate of actual shootings and deaths by firearm is much smaller, which is the actual relevant number

That may be true statistically, but is that survey based on a nation-wide basis? I am asking because the culture between provinces and regions can vary extremely widely. I have lived in Canada for 17 yeara and no one I know has a firearm. Most of my friends and their families are the same. Which is to say that I've lived near Toronto and Southern Ontario, but where a sizable portion of the Canadian urban population lives. Of course there are many Canadians living in rural areas where owning firearms makes more sense, but culturally speaking, our gun ownership mindset is still generally far more restrictive. You'd be hard pressed to find a lot of gun owners in major cities and suburbs.

.. err, no - US has 88 guns per 100 people, and Canada has 30. See the list here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by...