[proud_yank]

How many of those stolen American guns make their way into Canada, nobody knows. Canada Customs seizes about 1,500 smuggled guns every year, but that gives no indication of the real number. Only about three per cent of the traffic across the Canada-U.S. border is inspected, so the guns they miss may number 50,000 or many, many more.

Where they come up with these #'s is beyond me??? PM Martin used to use his line 'Up to 50% of guns used in crime could have come from the US', until it was admitted that the way that figure was calculated was not 'the most accurate'. All a statement like that tells me is somewhere between Zero and 50 %, probably closer to zero.

Take for example:

"The Canada Border Services Agency says it has intercepted 318 guns so far in 2005, below the more than 1,000 seized guns that border guards have averaged annually during the past five years, and far fewer than the 1,500 seized annually in the 1990s.

And while Toronto Police Service Chief Bill Blair was widely quoted last week as saying his officers have seized more than 2,000 guns so far in 2005, civilians in his statistics department say the chief inadvertently "misspoke." Their official tally is only 1,151, consistent with the pace of seizures in recent years.

Source: Globe and Mail, 'Statistics belie flood of guns from U.S.', August 15, 2005

The marijuana industry in BC alone is ~$6-7 Billion annually, and much of it is smuggled into the US. With that much trafficing, I bet that more illegal guns enter the US from Canada than visa-versa. Is that a fair statement? Would anyone disagree with me?

[Gordongekko909]

Criminals making weed-gun exchanges? Doesn't seem all that farfetched. Even if they aren't straight barter deals, I would certainly imagine that the profits made from one exchange fuel the others.

[tet68]

The estimate of U.S. authorities is that 280 million people in the United States own 230 million guns.

Must be some of that "time share" Co-Ownership stuff liberals think up.

Dang, does this mean I own enough guns for 50 people?
I better buy more ammo.

[backhoe]

When you are already a smuggler ( dope ) it is no big deal to toss in some iron ( weapons ) for resale over the border.

[WasDougsLamb]

"We're going to take handguns out of our communities."


----Too many of our citizens are shooting our robbers, rapists and killers and we won't stand for that! These people have rights too that are being violated when they are shot! ( just kiddin )

[muir_redwoods]

The estimate of U.S. authorities is that 280 million people in the United States own 230 million guns"

Some sort of timeshare or fractional ownership plan or something? 230MM into 280MM?