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Originally Posted by Drisump
I'm afraid he's right....it's an unwarranted trust in my mind, but as he said, most Canadians do trust their government to do the right thing. Amazing eh? I'm one of those Canadians that wouldn't want everybody carrying. What personal security advantage is it to carry when everyone else does? To me it simply multiplies the risk of death when an altercation breaks out, especially to bystanders. Cheers
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While I totally get and respect other countries' cultures and laws and have no problem with Canadians' anti-gun sentiment, what you wrote above just isn't reality. In most (US) states where CCW is allowed, under 2% of the population has permits and probably only a fraction of them carry. Just because you can doesn't mean you will. And I'm not aware of a single altercation where two legal carriers escalated things to a gunfight. It just doesn't happen. Legal gun carriers tend to be the most law-abiding, well-behaved citizens. It's extremely rare, statistically negligent, that a legal carrier loses his right to carry because of misbehaving with a gun. I've been in several car accidents (never my fault) while I was carrying and the thought of even showing my gun never entered my mind. Anyone who would do so is not likely to be otherwise law-abiding or stay out of trouble for very long.