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Originally Posted by Manx
I wonder how many people continue to mistakenly think that Moore is anti-gun. And are these the same people that saw Bowling For Columbine and failed to comprehend that BforC was not an anti-gun film? And if so, I wonder why they failed to comprehend that very obvious aspect of the film. I wonder if maybe they went into the film with preconceived notions of what it was about, and were therefore unable to process the information that was presented.
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I've often wondered the same thing. I suppose it's a knee-jerk reaction to some of the movie. I saw it as more an exposé on the culture of fear in the States. Did Moore actually say that guns should be banned?
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Originally Posted by Bodyhammer86
There are plenty of factors that account for that. First off, Canada's population is far smaller than ours, so obviously, their gun homicide numbers are going to be lower.
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You would compare rates per-capita, not overall numbers.
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Originally Posted by Bodyhammer86
Second off, Canada's population mostly consists of white citizens, while the US's population is made up of just about every race and ethnic group out there, so there's bound to be many race and ethnic related crimes to inflate our gun homicide rates.
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Huh? Have you been to Canada?
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Originally Posted by Bodyhammer86
Third off, Canada isn't the crime free paradise that Moore makes it out to be, sorry.
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Maybe not crime free, but there isn't the culture of fear in Canada like in the US.