Lots of talk about the gun policies of other countries following the terrible shooting in Oregon. We actually have a perfect case study with our neighbor to the north. Canada has always had a much lower homicide rate than ours, even when their gun laws were much more similar to our own. Beginning in 2019 though, Canada massively cracked down on guns. Among many other changes, in 2022 the country banned the sale of new handguns. That's the longtime dream of the American antigun movement. Also in 2022, the US went a very different direction, as the Bruen ruling forced several large states to finally begin issuing carry permits. Around the same time, many large states like Florida and Texas went even further and embraced permitless carry. The antigunners all predicted doom, as usual. And the result? Homicide has fallen faster in the US than Canada since 2019, and the difference is even more dramatic if you start counting in 2022. We are also set to decline even more in homicide this year, based on FBI data for the first six months of 2026. In fact, Canada only finally saw a decline below the 2019 level in 2025. Every other year was above the 2019 baseline. The gun control movement's core premises are bullshit.