“Men don’t wear pistols in Canada!”

[u/Borealbound]

The photographic, archaeological & written evidence seems to suggest otherwise.

Don‘t even make me delve into the first legislation against firearms ownership which dominion of Canada implemented and where those laws applied and who they were used against.

[u/hunterofsteelhead]

If theres any citizens in the world that are responsible and deserving of carrying firearms , its Canadians. Most of the people doing irresponsible things or crimes with firearms dont even look like theyve lived in Canada more than a few years.

[u/Cb1receptor → u/hunterofsteelhead]

Imagine how many times people would leave their pistols in the loo at timmies. It would be a bad look. These fuckin guys who don't do up their pants would be dropping their shit everywhere. Right now we treat them with reverence because they're dangerous. We use them with purpose and keep other people safe from accessing them. The worst case scenarios are all over US news. Do you want that level of peril around here?

[u/Borealbound → u/Cb1receptor]

I’ve lived in both the US and Canada, there are reasons why the US is the way that it is. For what it’s worth, I have never left my edc pistol in the bathroom of any coffee shop or business. I keep everything but my daily carry and a wall musket locked in a cabinet. Now I will say, I think the CFSC is great, the US could benefit from safety courses, perhaps being mandated in school as the likelihood of someone encountering a firearm is high, I think it would be sensible for it to be taught in school considering 2A is a right and not a privilege like in other nations that permit firearms ownership. 

If Canada had the same population as the US it would have as many problems. For what it’s worth, Wyoming has one of the highest levels of firearms ownership in the US coupled with a very low murder rate. Illinois and California have very strict restrictions on firearms ownership and they have high murder rates, cities like Memphis or Atlanta have high murder rates while in permissive states with constitutional carry, but again, there are things pertaining to the population levels, community cohesion and social and economic factors that affect crime more than the mere presence of firearms.