Eddie,

Canada may not be big on hand guns, but they have plenty of rifles and shotguns up there. To say they are unarmed is ridiculous. I think a scoped 300 win mag is a better deterrent (for foreign intruders) than a 38 spl. so I doubt the handgun control up there has any lessening effect on them as an armed civilization. Hunting arms are permitted in New Z. and Australia as well. Curious, are you a closet gun control advocate?