So the statistics are now in for homicides in North American cities in 2015. Â Here are a couple for readers to consider.
Baltimore, a US city  has a population of 622,000.
Vancouver, a Canadian city, has a population of 603,500.
Baltimore, in a country which seems to have become ever more enamoured of guns in the last decade , including public display of them, had 344 homicides in 2016, the great majority delivered by such guns.
Vancouver, in a country whose laws aim at strict control of firearms, had 14 homicides last year.  The police reported that  they were disappointed because they like to see homicide numbers in single digits, as it usually has been  in the last years.
Nuff said.