That’s pretty much the practical effect of the gun laws here. You can count on one hand the number of conceal carry permits issued to civilians in Canada, and you can only own a handgun if you (1) belong to a gun club, (2) store it unloaded in a safe with the ammo locked in a different safe and (3) transport the gun and the ammo between home and a licensed range in separate, locked cases. The net result is that the only armed civilians here are the criminals. Amazingly enough, however, is that in this city which is the same size as Chicago we’re freaked out because the murder count so far this year is more than 50.
It's not the size of the city, it's the demographics of the city that determines the homicide rate.