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Where do you stand on gun ownership and gun control issues  

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Where do you stand on gun ownership and gun control issues? The Oscar-won documentary 'Bowling for Columbine' has aroused people's awareness of gun ownership and gun control issues. Should gun ownership be banned or should gun be controlled? Does gun ownership create a violent society? The answer is not measurable, however, from the firearm situation between America and Canada, the answer is more obvious. America probably has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world. In Canada, the percentage of Canadian households with a rifle is approximately equal to the level in United States. According to the statistics of gun murder rates around the world from 'Bowling for columbine', America has 11,127 gun accidents while Canada merely has 165. Is the number of gun ownerships a main factor behind a violent society? Indeed weapon does not commit crimes, the perpetrator does. As well, most crimes do not involve licensed gun...

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