Har! Har! Jacky and Dunlap are at it again! I think Jacky was quite right to be a bit concerned about Dunlap waving them guns around. Dunlap is an idiot. Chongo would have cold-cocked him in about 1 second, disarmed him, and that would have been the end of it. If there is anything Chongo can't stand, it's an idiot waving a gun around in his general vicinity.

The situation in Canada is, you have to take a very thorough firearms training course and pass it. This requires a fair bit of study and thought. The normal course is for long guns. If you want ot use handguns, then there's a considerably more stringent course to pass. Then you get your permit. Then you can buy a gun (plus ammo) and it gets registered upon purchase.

Criminals, however, don't take the course. And they don't usually buy their guns in a legal fashion either, needless to say.

The incidence of gun-related crimes has remained fairly low, but has increased noticeably in large urban areas like Toronto. Most gun-related crimes are connected with youth gangs and the drug trade...and the gang members are usually shooting at other gang members, but sometimes they hit innocent bystanders too.