The tragic shooting of 20 children and six teachers at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut stunned people on both sides of the border. Somehow it seemed worse than other recent mass shootings – perhaps because of the age of the children, or the popular military-style assault rifle used, the AR-15.
Many hoped it would be a chance to find common ground in a nation bitterly divided over gun rights and gun control. Instead, the sales of firearms soared and the National Rifle Association’s membership swelled. the fifth estate’s Bob McKeown tracks how the most powerful gun rights organization in the world has influenced the debate around firearms – and why the NRA refuses to accept compromise.
What does all the furor over guns south of the border mean for Canadians? NRA members see themselves as staunch defenders of freedom – and depict countries with tough gun laws like Canada as unjustly restricting the freedom of its citizens. Though the NRA’s lobbying can’t directly affect laws here, the relaxed regulations in some southern states do have consequences north of the border. About 70 per cent of Canadian crime guns are smuggled from the United States into Canada. the fifth estate traces their route along the so-called “Blue Steel Highway” from states where they’re available almost on demand.
Original airdate : February 8th, 2013
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So far I have watched 38 minutes of this episode of crossfire and have yet to hear a single reference to fast and furious maybe a little one sided just my thoughts from a law abiding gun owner
When Children are Slaughtered on a regular Basis.
Then there is something terribly wrong with your Constitution.
I will NEVER go to the United States, if human Life means nothing to you.
It just means Canadians have to give up their pride of sharing the "world's longest undefended border" if they don't want firearms smuggled in.
Gotta love Larry Pratt.
Government wants to disarm Americans and will never stop. More guns there will be less crime it’s a fact!
I JUST PRINT MY SNIPER RIFLES
Canadian peasants will never understand the god-given right of a free man to own a gun
Constitutional right second amendment rights shall not be infringed need more good guys with a gun in schools , malls , parks
If you lunatics put as much emphasis on locking up the criminals and the insane and leaving them there as you do trying to vilify guns there would be a whole F lot less violence
Open carry. The American way.
All I can say is that all I see are a lot of cowards
The mother is to blame nothing on the mother she left them out she knew her kid was meant to Leo her kid was fixated with video games it’s her fault
Yeah, nothing changed after Sandy Hook. If that is not a "game changer" I don't think there is anything that will.
United State is not the country that crazy about the dangerous gun
Over 80 % of the American citizens think universal background is necessary
80% of the American citizens are not crazy about the gun
At the moment inside the America gun shooting violence taking place coming from the too many gun that available inside the America
NRA way of solution to the gun safety is the more gun number good guys having
than bad guys having gun total numbers
But why then NRA selling numerous military type of gun to the bad guys?
Now inside the United State we do have a dicatorship
NATIONAL RIFLE ACCOSIATION
This innocent American citizens killer organizations
NRA is the enemy of the people
Any one that eliminating the NRA could be rewarding for the Nobel Peace prize
Texas is the state of the gun violence
No wonder JFK was assassinated from the state of the Texas
Now NRA is going to be destroying every part of the America
America will never enjoy the security of countries such as Singapore or Switzerland because the focus is on self. Countries that put society first for the greater good of all its citizens will always prevail.
I think if you need a gun in the USA these should be the step. Gun training with test to get your Gun License that you have to update every 3 years, Universal background check that has been updated and every state is on the same page. , waiting period(2 weeks).
No high capacity magazines, No bump stocks or anything that alters the guns shooting rate. I would outlaw any AR15 style weapons but if you have to have them then you have to get a special License that takes more training.
0:17 is that threat not a felony?
America should not give guns to its citizens!!
Learnt from AUSTRALIA
Penguin is more protected in US
Hate to say it but maybe American school teachers should all required to have guns closeby and a high level of training…
Nothing else seems to be making any other improvemnt to school shooting statistics.
Usa has a crazy mass shooting problem so probably needs a crazy soloution.
And yes mass shooters will just target somewhere else but atleast it wont be a place where so many innocent children are in one place with only a few adults to defend them.
Don't let them do to you what they've done to us in Canada
Maybe they should ban Volant video games
Just like all these guys against guns have armed guards surrounding them
I don't understand why they can't have armed guard at the front door of the school.
Don't Canada my America
i’m still keeping my guns people
Well I guess nothing will change until the right person is shot.