How Do You Get A Gun In Canada?

[Suvorov]

Some worthwhile reading:

Reprinted from Journal of Criminal Justice , Vol 24, No 5, pp 393-406, Copyright (1996), with
permission from Elsevier Science
Armed self defense: the Canadian case*
by
Gary A. Mauser, Ph D
Institute of Canadian Urban Research Studies and
Faculty of Business Administration
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C. CANADA


http://www.sfu.ca/~mauser/papers/sel...JFP-8-3-99.pdf

Lots of good stuff in here! Thanks for the link.

The data in it is a little dated, how much do you think things have changed? Has gun ownership gone up or down in your estimations?

[Maple Syrup Actual]

Black rifles and handgun sales in Canada have definitely taken off; gun ownership in general may not have changed much but the average age is probably getting lower and the number of guns per owner is definitely increasing.

In short I'd say the same thing is happening in Canada that I believe is happening in the US, just on a smaller scale. Whereas at one time it was mostly older guys in rural areas with wood-and-steel sporting guns, it's slowly concentrating, urbanizing, and tacticloling.

[Slavex]

I think total gun owning people in Canada may be climbing, slowly. We are seeing hunters dropping out of the sport, and tons of new owners jumping in. At our club, the 800 member increase we've seen in the last 3 years (from 289 members at the start of our reno that added 3 new outdoor ranges and reno'd the indoor as well) has been about 70% new gun owners if the info we get is correct (we ask them when they get a membership). We are sitting at 1100 members now and have 500 on the wait list. But 1100 is our cap, unless we vote to increase it by 100 in July. We are also adding about 100-150 a month to the list.