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Well said. These days a knife isn't really a good form of personal protection, especially a small pocket knife. Personally I do not think I would pull a knife in a fight unless I was on my back and used it as a last resort. I don't know the laws regrading a concealed pistol in Canada, but if downtown is that bad, you may consider looking into it. ;D
Well yeah, I mean.. I try to avoid fighting as much as possible, and downtown isn't really avoidable.. Just people here are... Weird... I would obviously never pull a knife right away, it'd be a last-resort thing, like you said. I could even walk downtown during broad daylight and get harassed by people.
I like camping too, and have gone so many times without a knife when it would've been greatly useful.
In regards to owning a gun in Canada, the laws are insane.. You have to get a gun license, and when it's not in use it has to have a trigger lock AND be locked in a safe, as far as I'm aware, I'd have to look into it more. I really was looking into getting a 357 Magnum, I just love the way that thing looks. Target shooting is fun too. I'm not a diehard "gun redneck," I just enjoy shooting. I was in the Air Cadets when I was younger, and we used to shoot in the range often. My dad was also in the military where I've held/fired some pretty cool firearms.
EDIT: Just dug this up, as you can see, it's a pretty extensive process to own a gun in Canada.
http://www.eohc.ca/licences.html