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by talmand 5191 days ago
I've always felt the difference in attitudes towards guns in Canada versus the US is more about culture then it is about laws.
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Culture tends to impact laws, but that wasn't the parent's point.

The general availability of a given product in a given area affects said products availability in said area's black market.

In this case, more guns in circulation = more guns on the black market. This isn't to say that all black market guns originated from the legal (market), but supply does trickle down.