n both Canada and the United States "show
             remarkable similarity in the public attitude towards firearms and gun
             control"(586). Both Canada and the United States were originally
             English colonies, and both have historically had similar patterns of
             immigration. Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television
             (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans
             read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the
             Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" .
             In an article by Catherine F. Sproule and Deborah J. Kennett
             of Trent University, they looked at the use of firearms in Canadian
             homicides between the years of 1972-1982. There findings firm
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