I am Colombian. About the poll, it is people's perception. Lately we've been hearing a lot about Toronto and guns, so people's perception is that guns are available, and they fear that.
I come from a country where you live in constant fear of guns. You know that you cannot drive back there and say whatever to the other driver because you could be killed just for that. So I think it's people's perception of that.
As a Colombian and a Canadian citizen, I'm very glad to be living here without having the fear of guns being present.