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

Only because they don't have huge ghettos with gang problems. It's basically a demographics issue.

Oh I hear Jane/Finch and Scarborough are veritable paradises these days

Jane and Finch is a paradise compared to most US slums.

Or because Canadians try to use their guns for hunting animals.