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On the graphs in the second link, it indicates that the US has almost 9x the population of Canada, and yet the crime rates with or without guns is only roughly double. Seems to me that it's more dangerous in Canada, per capita, than in the US, if roughly 1/9 of the people commit 1/2 as much crime. Hmm, I guess statistics really are meaningless. How many of those homicides, for example, were committed with registered, licensed firearms? How many were committed by police in the line of duty?
Essentially, if the US had 9x the crime rate with guns, I'd say this was a valid point, but since the evidence seems to indicate otherwise, it's kinda facetious to use as an argument for stiffer gun control laws. Obviously, the argument is flawed, since a country with 9x the population, and 30x the number of firearms overall only commits almost 2x the number of crimes with said guns. Personally, I feel safer here.
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