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Essay Archive - Issue of Gun Control and Violence
Issue of Gun Control and Violence
The issue of gun control and violence, both in Canada and the United
States, is one that simply will not go away. If history is to be any guide,
no matter what the resolution to the gun control debate is, it is probable
that the arguments pro and con will be much the same as they always have
been. In 1977, legislation was passed by the Canadian Parliament
regulating long guns for the first time, restructuring the availability of
firearms, and increasing a variety of penalties . Canadian firearms law is
primarily federal, and "therfore national in scope, while the bulk o....
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