Blaikie voted against the Chrétien government's gun registry in 1995, arguing that it did not address the real problems of gun-related violence.

Others belonged to participants who simply wanted to make a statement against gun-related violence.

Many perpetrators of gun-related violence would otherwise have only been in a minor scrap.

Since that time, the United States has made steady improvement in reducing gun-related violence (see figure 3).

"Every year, many lives are lost as a result of gun-related violence and accidental shootings," the Mayor said.

She said she worked diligently on bills and programs to curb violence, including gun-related violence among children.

Project areas include welfare, education, culture and reducing gun-related violence.

Experts in public opinion say that American attitudes on firearms have shifted in the last decade as gun-related violence has increasingly dominated the news.

There is insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of waiting period laws as public health interventions aimed at preventing gun-related violence and suicide.

By American standards, gun-related violence here is still almost risibly low.