[glend (Glen)]

David, having spent over three decades in Canada I have some knowledge of that environment. Gun ownership in Canada is significantly lower than the US, and many other countries. Canada ranks 12th on the per capita ownership rate chart (at 30.8 per 100 people) but of course some people will own more than one so the actual number of people owning guns is much lower. Canada ranks lower than Sweden and Norway on the per capita ownership list, the US of course is way ahead of all countries. Australia is in 26th place on the chart with 21.7 per 100 people).

Compared to the loose regulatory regime in the US, Canada has a very different and difficult set of rules in regards to safety training, access to guns and licensing, and transport of guns: all of which is controlled by the RCMP. Ownership cannot be transfered without applying to the RCMP.
Magazine capacity is restricted to five rounds for most magazines designed for rifles that shoot centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic fashion, or ten rounds for most handgun magazines.

It an offence to possess prohibited or restricted firearms other than at a dwelling-house or authorized location. A special permit is required to tranport any weapon to any other location, issued by the RCMP.

Sorry for the long response, but it does serve to show that regulation can work, and in some ways the Canadian regs are similiar to Australian regs. Of course Australia requires a gun safe for storage, but Canada uses trigger locks and bolt removal, etc all in all they are not that different.