Some important context for discussing the federal gun control announcement today. There are many forms of gun violence in Canada - mass shootings, femicides and using guns to intimidate women, suicides, accidental shootings, interpersonal violence and "gang crime". A thread... We need to try and prevent all of it, but that involves recognizing different tools and policy approaches work for different aspects of the issue. Gun crime in major cities, often involving illegal guns - but not nearly to the extent the gun lobby and their supporters suggest -

A reality check thread on the eve of CCFR’s pro-gun “Integrity March".

1. CCFR ignores the full scope of the reality of gun violence in Canada while promoting radically weaker gun laws.

- Canada ranks 5th of 23 peer OCED countries for age adjusted gun mortality. In fact, our firearm mortality rate is 8 times that of the United Kingdom, and Japan, and about three times that of Australia, and the Netherlands, all countries where strict gun control legislation exists. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

- Suicides make up 75 % of gun deaths in Canada.

So to be clear, the shock, grief, and anger arising from preventable gun death and injury should absolutely inspire public office holders to want to act. But the medical and social science evidence supporting common sense gun laws is overwhelming and irrefutable. #cdnpoli (1) For example, the following is a list of 19 references for @najmadoc's presentation to the @SenateCA Standing Committee on National Security and Defence re: Bill C-71 on February 18. (2)