Tuesday, October 28, 2014

After Last Week's Tragic Shooting In Ottawa, Some Thoughtful Response On Guns From The US

According to research done by the Harvard School of Public Health and Northeastern University, shootings in the US have tripled since 2001. Canada has a very different take on gun control laws, such as requiring that all gun owners be licensed and prohibiting open or concealed carry of handguns under any circumstance without a specific license.

Vox elaborates on the ways Canadian and US gun laws widely diverge: http://www.vox.com/2014/10/24/7047547/canada-gun-law-us-comparison

And Scott Van Pelt of ESPN Radio's One More Thing weighs in on how Canada reacted to the shooting: http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=11751673

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