Canada's Crime Rate The Lowest In 41 Years

That's great news. I wish the U.S. would take a look at Canada and see what they're doing right. While New York City is dealing with record-low crime numbers, Chicago and some other big and smaller cities aren't doing as well.

One does have to wonder what Canada does so right compared to what America does so wrong. The documentary "Bowling For Columbine" mentions Canada has the same easy access to guns, same violent movies and video games, yet much less crime despite being the U.S.'s upstairs neighbor. According to the movie, some people who live in Canada even leave their doors open during the day.

One thing the documentary pointed out is perhaps part of this is due to Canada not sensationalizing their news. The U.S.'s headlines are always about who was murdered and always features a news expose on what everyday thing in your household can kill you. In the movie, the top story on the Canadian news was "new speed bumbps!"

I know the movie is now over a decade old but I take it some of it still rings true.

Haha yes excellent choice! Michael Moore can sometimes get way too liberal (I am middle of the road in my political beliefs and don't like it when either side gets too extreme, be it to the left or right) but Bowling For Columbine hit the nail on the head and summed everything up so perfectly.