Edited sentence: Canada, with more restrictive gun legislation, has less than 10% (per capita) of gun-related crimes compared to the USA.However, it should be pointed out that the USA is effectively two nations with regard to gun laws.States with the most restrictive gun laws have the highest crime rates, while those with the more free laws have lower crime rates.Switzerland, with less restrictive gun legislation, also has less gun violence than the USA.The USA has the highest rate of deaths, injuries, and crimes (per capita) with guns in the world.This distinction is particularly noticable when one normalizes the demographics of states for ethnic and socio-economic factors