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@RaoulDook @settoloki I can tell you Canada has a Charter of Rights and Freedoms that guarantees about the same right as America's BoR. The difference is that americans are regularly told theirs is the greatest document, so many believe it without even knowing what other countries have.
You don't have the Right to Bear Arms, and we do. Thus your rights are inferior and America wins as usual.
@RaoulDook Every independent freedom index I see rates Canada in the top ten, (or close) even the American-based ones, and the US lags another 10 or so slots below. These ratings literally mean there are 20 or more countries more free than the US.
So, enjoy your indoctrination. I
wonder why people want you to think you're the most free.
@RaoulDook You're showing your American indoctrination even more. You've been told over and over and over that the right to bear arms is of utmost importance. Gun ownership in Canada is quite high and yet we don't have the violence Americans have to endure every day.
You still don't have a Right to bear arms, you have a privilege that can be significantly infringed and has been in recent years in Canada.
I don't care what you think about my alleged "indoctrination" because you are living in fear of unlikely dangers, while I live in peace, comfort, and contentment with all these wonderful rights. Gun violence is statistically rare and unlikely to affect the vast majority of Americans, despite how the news media frames it to maximize attention on every tragedy.
The right to bear arms is a crucial right, as the cornerstone of democracy it protects all of the other rights, because an authoritarian government simply cannot subjugate a fully armed citizenry.
@RaoulDook You clearly are unaware of the crime statistics between Canada and the US. I'm an American-Canadian with lots of friends and relatives in the US. The fear of crime there is much higher than it is here. Despite knowing more Canadians the only people I know who have been shot are Americans.
I'm sure if I pressed you more, on any of this, you'd start spouting NRA propaganda. So just look up violent crime and gun crime statistics in both countries and let's leave it at that.