How strict are Canada's gun laws? Canada has much stricter gun laws than the United States, and school shootings of this scale are almost unheard of. In 2023, 38% of homicides in Canada involved a firearm, while 76% of homicides in the US were firearm-related, according to an analysis by Canada’s national statistics body using police-reported data from the Uniform Crime Reporting programs in both countries. Canadian law requires citizens to undergo robust background checks before obtaining a gun