Having lived in Canada for nearly all of my life, I can tell you that we've had extraordinarily strict gun laws for at least as long as I've been alive (which has been quite a while now). The restrictions are by no means new (recent changes to the law have been largely cosmetic - and have failed to reduce actual gun violence).
Gun regulations are a federal jurisdiction in Canada, so the laws are uniform across the country. I actually spend a lot of my professional time on Canadian policy analysis so this is one of the few things I actually do know quite well. :)
I never saw the documentary so I can't comment, but I do know that handgun permits have been limited to protecting life or property or belonging to an approved shooting club since 1933 and licenses were required to acquire or possess guns or ammunition since 1976 (which, admittedly, is after I was born). As I said, there have been many more recent tweaks to the regulations, but the rules have always been much stricter than in the US.
I wish I could understand all this better. It's hugely important.
Actually, the data I've seen strongly suggests that the US experiences relatively **fewer** mass shooting deaths per-capita than many other nations. See this for a good discussion of the available data: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/mass-shootings-by-country.
Redefining "mass shootings" is not the same as "debunking". The data is complex. I wrote a bit on the larger topic some years ago: https://stories.thedataproject.net/docs/8-gun-control/
Having lived in Canada for nearly all of my life, I can tell you that we've had extraordinarily strict gun laws for at least as long as I've been alive (which has been quite a while now). The restrictions are by no means new (recent changes to the law have been largely cosmetic - and have failed to reduce actual gun violence).
Gun regulations are a federal jurisdiction in Canada, so the laws are uniform across the country. I actually spend a lot of my professional time on Canadian policy analysis so this is one of the few things I actually do know quite well. :)
I never saw the documentary so I can't comment, but I do know that handgun permits have been limited to protecting life or property or belonging to an approved shooting club since 1933 and licenses were required to acquire or possess guns or ammunition since 1976 (which, admittedly, is after I was born). As I said, there have been many more recent tweaks to the regulations, but the rules have always been much stricter than in the US.