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Some. Not all. In fact I'd guess super few but I'm sure they exist given how many millions hike every year.
From what I've seen they are so rare that I wouldn't care but everybody can decide that for themselves.
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I carry a FB all the time I am in the "WOODS" !!!! I agree with the above quote!!
Snowflakes... Now that funny!! John
Yes, in recent news apparently the whole planet is now the rural USA...
I also get the sense that in planet USA people don't walk very far from their car...
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In Canada, I carry a fixed blade while in the woods...and no one cares.
I have run across people before, including women, sometimes just a single woman; none of them cared.
I don't know what part of Canada you are in where people freak out about a knife in a place where a knife actually makes a lot of sense, but around here, no one cares.
Even on Peche Island, an island owned by the city of Windsor, located in the middle of the Detoit River.
It has lots of neat wooded areas on it, as well as the ruins of Hiram Walker's old homestead.
Need a boat to get to it.
No one I have ever run across on the island cared, even though one might argue that there is less need for a fixed blade knife, given the presence of well-established trails. But there is deadwood there, and fire-pits, so even rich, possibly spoiled people that have their large fancy boats anchored offshore don't care about my knife.
Perhaps it is just my aura of awesomeness making everyone love me despite the knife, but I think it is more likely that people just don't care about the presence of a knife if you aren't waving it around your head and screaming like a damned fool.
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And then there is Gaston, hating and insulting the USA again...
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Canada. He has posted numerous times his anti-USA views as well as other outlandish thing.
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One estimate in 2007 was that 30+ % of Canadian adults own a gun vs @ 36% in U.S. Karp, Aaron.2007.Completing the Count: Civilian firearms - Annexe online. Small Arms Survey 2007: Guns and the City.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,27 August. (Q5)Full Citation
Gun ownership has increased significantly in recent years as fewer and fewer guns must be registered.
Gun ownership has increased significantly in recent years as fewer and fewer guns must be registered.
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I love an orderly universe. A universe that you can count on certain things always happening in order. The sun rises in the east, the tides come in on a schedule, and Gaston will always use any excuse to insult the U.S.A. and firearm ownership. Like clockwork, so it gets easier to tune out the drivel. :roll eyes:
The boy's reliable if nothing else.
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Isn't that where they're afraid to let people have guns?
They ain't afraid to let me own them.
Silly government.
I was able to buy a 12 inch barrel, double barrel 12 gauge shotgun online, and have it arrive in the mail.
In the mail. :thumbup:
And it's non-restricted too.
I like it more than my handguns, truth be told.
Where did you get that bit of misinformation?Isn't that where they're afraid to let people have guns?
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So what are they going to do if they get upset about my knife? I have a knife, they don't.
Several posts in another forum led me to believe Canada was very restrictive (along with published articles that were likely biased with statements like "Even with the Long Gun Registrys destruction, Canadian firearms laws are still much tougher than those in the U.S"., and "Canada also has no law or constitutional provision guaranteeing the right to bear arms"., but contained factual information to back it up).
I read about it some more after reading your response, and (this is a LOT of info) it seems they ARE a bit more restrictive than the US.
Restricted firearms:
To purchase a handgun or other restricted firearm, a person must have a restricted possession and acquisition licence (RPAL) for restricted firearms.
Canada's federal laws severely restrict the ability of civilians to transport restricted or prohibited (grandfathered) firearms in public. Section 17 of the Firearms Act makes it an offence to possess prohibited or restricted firearms other than at a dwelling-house or authorized location, but there are two exceptions to this prohibition found in sections 19 and 20 of the act. Section 19 allows for persons to be issued an authorization to transport, or ATT, authorizing the transport of a firearm outside the home for certain purposes, such as for its transfer to a new owner, going to and from a range, a training course, repair shop or gun show, or when the owner wishes to change the address where the firearm is stored. Such firearms must be transported unloaded, equipped with a trigger lock and stored in secure, locked containers. In rarer cases, section 20 of the act allows individuals to receive an authorization to carry, or ATC, granting permission to carry loaded restricted firearms or (section 12(6)) prohibited handguns on their persons for certain reasons specified in the act.
According to licences, firearms are classified into prohibited, restricted and non-restricted categories, as defined by Part III of Criminal Code (R.S., 1985, c. C-46)[37] Note: The word "prohibited" is a classification and does not indicate that such firearms are "prohibited" as per the normal use of the word.
Prohibited firearms include:
Handguns with a barrel length less than to 105 millimetres (4.1 in), or; that are designed to discharge .25 or .32 calibre ammunition; exceptions are stated in the Regulations Prescribing Exclusions from Certain Definitions of the Criminal Code International Sporting Competition Handguns[38]
Rifles and shotguns that have been altered by sawing, cutting or any other means, so that: the barrel length is inferior to 457 millimetres (18.0 in) (regardless of overall length), or; the overall length is inferior to 660 millimetres (26 in)
Firearms which have fully automatic fire capability, or "converted automatics" (i.e.: firearms which were originally fully automatic, but have been modified to discharge ammunition in a semi-automatic fashion)
Firearms prescribed as prohibited by the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted (SOR/98-462):.[26] This includes all versions (even semi-automatic) versions of certain military weapons such as the AK-47 and the FN-FAL.
Firearm capable of discharging dart or other object carrying electric current or substance, including Taser Public Defender and any variant or modified version of it
Firearm known as SSS-1 Stinger and any similar firearm designed or of a size to fit in the palm of the hand
Hundreds of other firearms listed by name, including any variants or modified versions. The list includes shotguns, carbines, rifles, pistols, and submachine guns.[26]
Restricted firearms are:[39]
Any handgun that is not prohibited (note: handguns are prohibited if the barrel length is inferior to 105 millimetres (4.1 in); handguns cannot be non-restricted)
Any firearm that is:not prohibited
that has a barrel length inferior to 470 millimetres (18.5 in), and is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner
Any firearm that can be fired when the overall length has been reduced by folding, telescoping, or other means to less than 660 millimetres (26 in)
Firearms prescribed as restricted by the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted (SOR/98-462):[26]
The firearms of the designs commonly known as the High Standard Model 10, Series A shotgun and the High Standard Model 10, Series B shotgun, and any variants or modified versions of them.
The firearm of the design commonly known as the M-16 rifle, and any variant or modified version of it, including the
Colt AR-15; Colt AR-15 SPI/Sporter/Collapsible Stock Model/A2/A2 Carbine/A2 Government Model Rifle/A2 Government Model Target Rifle/A2 Government Model Carbine/A2 Sporter II/A2 H-BAR/A2 Delta H-BAR/A2 Delta H-BAR Match/9mm Carbine; Armalite AR-15; AAI M15; AP74; EAC J-15; PWA Commando; SGW XM15A; SGW CAR-AR; SWD AR-15; and
any 22-calibre rimfire variant, including the
Mitchell M-16A-1/22, Mitchell M-16/22, Mitchell CAR-15/22, and AP74 Auto Rifle.
(Note: legally, restricted firearms can only be discharged at shooting ranges; so while one can use them in competitions, one cannot use them for hunting)
That's a far cry from "where they're afraid to let people have guns".
Considering the controls at state level, we have states in the USA which are much more restrictive than Canada. Just look at California and Hawaii as a couple of examples.
Regardless, this thread is about knives vs. guns. Canada produces excellent outdoorsmen's knives available at good prices. Look at Grohmann.
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They ain't afraid to let me own them.
Silly government.
I was able to buy a 12 inch barrel, double barrel 12 gauge shotgun online, and have it arrive in the mail.
In the mail. :thumbup:
And it's non-restricted too.
I like it more than my handguns, truth be told.
I'd give up a few of my handguns to be able to have a 12 inch barrel shotgun!!!!
Sorry for the threadjack.
Maybe there are other endemic reasons that gun ownership in Canada is less than 1/3 of what it is in the US (adjusted for population differences).
Regardless, I'll bet some amazing knives have originated up there.
I know my wife's relatives crafted a lot of their own tools for their farm, and I'm sure sturdy cutting implements were included in what they made.
Canadian, fixed blade, AND an outdoors knife!
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