>>>>>Freedom to bear arms... written a couple of hundred years ago when automatic weapons were not even invented.
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you own a gun? Most Canadians don't.
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>>>>Yes.
>>>
>>>While "most Canadians don't" IS an accurate statement, I'd hazard that many Canadians do is also true.
>>>
>>>Here's an extract from a Google search I did just now:
>>>“It is estimated that there are 7.4 million firearms in Canada, owned by 3.3 million civilian gun owners. Approximately 24% of Canadian households (or 2.7 million in total) contain one or more firearms.”.
>>>It was written by an MP (equivalent to a congressman) who researched the issue.
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>>I would guess that most of them are shotguns used for hunting.
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>I would too, though I do know two people who collect handguns. One has less than 20 and the other I knew (long ago) had many many more than that (I'd guess somewhere between 60-100).

I have a small collection of airguns.
:)