So, what we have here is failure to communicate....

Canada's laws are just that - Canada's laws. While I'm not a Canadian citizen, I am bound to obey Canada's law should I ever again cross the border.

Whitehorn - understand one thing here. Your laws are your laws. The fact that your strict handgun and semi-auto laws haven't stopped crime up there is testimony that GUN CONTROL DOES NOT WORK. Maybe U.S. firearms manufacturers shouldn't export weapons (hunting or otherwise)to Canada at all? That'd stop your problem, wouldn't it?

One rule I've found useful when visiting other countries is not to assail their political system, culture,or their laws. It's innately rude. But that's exactly what you're doing here. Though the internet is, by its very nature, "international" - this particular community is made up primarily of Americans.

Your government is not my fault.