Canada has had gun control laws for many..many years. We have
introduced stronger laws due to the success of it.

And Mexico has as well and we know how well it works there don't we?
After all you'd have no problem walking down a dark street in any Mexican
city carrying a lap top would you?

If you have laws you have to enforce them. It also helps if the society in
which you live has a more even spread of income
and social programs. Country's that have the vast majority of the wealth
concentrated in the hands of a small percentage
of their population tend to have higher rates of crime, and Mexico is a
very good example of that

Your first point is, IMO, the greater problem here. The percentage of
people owning firearms was much higher in the early part of the 1900's than
it was in the later part but the crime rate was much lower. What did change
was the enforcement of the laws on the books and the punishment a convicted
criminal could expect.


Guns are population control promoted by your government.

If guns are so great what is the problem with registering them?

The thing Americans used to fear the most was is the American
government (a lot of us still do) and history has shown the world that
registration of firearms is nothing more than a precursor to government
control. And in the case of firearms a precursor to confiscation.
Germany, England and Canada are prime recent examples.



If Americans truly fear the Government, why do they not get out and vote?
You have 20% of the population dictating to the rest of you
because they do.

Most people don't fear the government, AAMOF, it seems as though most people
DEPEND on the government. I seem to remember reading that close to 50% of
the people in the US get government 'assistance of one type or another. As
long as they can get THEIR money from the government they don't care what it
does.