I think its ironic on a day tens of thousands of american students, my 13 year old daughter among them, after having her middle school shut down over a shooter threat two weeks ago, march to try and fight the NRA and the US gun culture, a disgusting thread like this shows up on a a Canadian sport fishing (not hunting or gun nut site). The NRA are the American Taliban, willing to have untold thousands killed for their gun "rights", and the language here is eerily similar. In Canada, Australia and Western Europe gun owner ship is NOT a right misinterpreted from a constitution, but a privilege subject to restrictions, that are and should be significant in nature. I have no particular problem with certain firearms being available for bonafide uses, such as hunting with significant requirements for eligibility to own them and education on how to handle them. However to believe you are are in the majority in wanting loosened gun restrictions for uses such as "protection" , and a much less civilized society is delusional in the extreme. Few Canadians want unfettered gun ownership as in America. The future of change in the US lies with the next generation like my daughter, who are tired of schools being killing zones, and I hope canadian schools never become like US ones. As they marched for today, books not Guns! To hell with the gun nuts on this site, you are not the majority, and you will be resisted (apologies admin as you may not like that language,but as a parent affected by gun culture advocates I'll take any punishment you deem necessary)