Did you watch the video of the Toronto cop who didn't shoot the guy who mowed down the crowd of people with the van, even when he made like he had a firearm? The officer just controlled the guy until he could arrest him. Any guesses as to what would have happened in the terrified, paranoid US? I'll tell you, he'd have been surrounded by police officers shitting themselves in fear, and shot multiple times with no questions asked.

My B-i-L was the third officer to arrive on the scene, never drew his weapon.

Y'see, they have lotsa guns in Canada, but they don't have your culture of fear and paranoia.

Franklin D. was right - the only thing you have to fear is fear itself. Divest yourself of your fear, and you won't need your stupid bang-bangs, or the testosterone-fuelled rhetoric of the gun-loonies (although it does give those of us in civilised countries a damn good laugh).