While I agree with most of what you're saying, I think you have a very warped view of Canadian gun laws. Probably a good 90% of my family own guns, and the gun *registry* pretty much got laughed out of my home region, let alone what would have happened if they tried to take them away. There is a *requirement* that Principals at several of my school zone schools must be able to maintain and fire guns so they can use the one stored in their office to get bears out of the yard before the first busses get there, and again at lunch if necessary.

tl;dr: despite not having the right to bear arms like Americans, Canada is far from the no-gun zone so often represented. Yes, we have our anti-gun activists, but it's because of *them*, not because they're one of *us*.