Gang Violence in Canada is OUR Fault.
Inspite of extreme gun-control laws, Toronto has had a record year in gun deaths, more than double last years numbers. On Monday, a dispute amongst a dozen or so "youths" resulted in a 15 year old girl, an innocent bystander, being killed. What does the Canadian government have to say?
"It's a sign that the lack of gun laws in the U.S. is allowing guns to flood across the border that are literally being used to kill people in the streets of Toronto," Miller said.
Last time I crossed the Canadian border ( 1989 at Pt. Huron/Sarnia crossing, admittedly it's been a while) I and my car were practically strip searched. They take their border seriously and do watch for these things so how are they overlooking so many guns?
Here is how they plan to fix the problem.
The escalating violence prompted the prime minister to announce earlier this month that if re-elected on January 23, his government would ban handguns. With severe restrictions already in place against handgun ownership, many criticized the announcement as politics.
Laws against guns don't stop criminals from getting them or using them. Laws are only obeyed by law-abiding people who normally don't go around killing people, so gun control laws are useless in stopping murder. They only serve to keep law-abiding citizens defenseless.
Canada is reaping the results of what they have done with multi-culturalism, liberal ideology, and pointless anti-Americanism.
Of course some Canadians are looking at it sensibly.
John Thompson, a security analyst with the Toronto-based Mackenzie Institute, says the number of guns smuggled from the United States is a problem, but that Canada has a gang problem -- not a gun problem -- and that Canada should stop pointing the finger at the United States.
"It's a cop out. It's an easy way of looking at one symptom rather than addressing a whole disease," Thompson said.
H/T Camp Katrina
Update 12/29 10:35 AM
Crittermusings also has a posting on this shooting that links to a Toronto Newspaper report on it. Both the posting and the link are valuable reads.
"It's a sign that the lack of gun laws in the U.S. is allowing guns to flood across the border that are literally being used to kill people in the streets of Toronto," Miller said.
Last time I crossed the Canadian border ( 1989 at Pt. Huron/Sarnia crossing, admittedly it's been a while) I and my car were practically strip searched. They take their border seriously and do watch for these things so how are they overlooking so many guns?
Here is how they plan to fix the problem.
The escalating violence prompted the prime minister to announce earlier this month that if re-elected on January 23, his government would ban handguns. With severe restrictions already in place against handgun ownership, many criticized the announcement as politics.
Laws against guns don't stop criminals from getting them or using them. Laws are only obeyed by law-abiding people who normally don't go around killing people, so gun control laws are useless in stopping murder. They only serve to keep law-abiding citizens defenseless.
Canada is reaping the results of what they have done with multi-culturalism, liberal ideology, and pointless anti-Americanism.
Of course some Canadians are looking at it sensibly.
John Thompson, a security analyst with the Toronto-based Mackenzie Institute, says the number of guns smuggled from the United States is a problem, but that Canada has a gang problem -- not a gun problem -- and that Canada should stop pointing the finger at the United States.
"It's a cop out. It's an easy way of looking at one symptom rather than addressing a whole disease," Thompson said.
H/T Camp Katrina
Update 12/29 10:35 AM
Crittermusings also has a posting on this shooting that links to a Toronto Newspaper report on it. Both the posting and the link are valuable reads.
posted by shoprat at 4:21 PM
7 Comments:
I have to agree it's a problem with gangs, not the guns themselves. Unfortunately the folks on the left, in both countries, would rather tackle what they see to be an easier problem, guns. Tackling gangs, which are full of serial offenders who've been released by touchy feely left programs in jail are a tougher thing to deal with.
Well said.
Great post, SR!
Shoprat, great post! Broken record, I know, but great post!
Another "broken record" here. "Great Post!" :)
Neo said: "If not, bear arms and prepare to defend the country."
It may come to exactly that!
When I see Canada blaming their ills on us, I'm reminded that it was settled largely by Loyalists (loyal to Geo III), people who'd rather run than fight.
And so they did -- and the flight from the rebellion (as they saw it) formed their character into little brothers who are always whining about Big Brother and how he causes all the problems.
Canada used to have a few advantages over us, as did Australia. The Aussies still do; the Canadians are hopelessly divided, hopelessly hogtied by a Socialist state, and all seem to suffer from at least some form of mild depression.
When he was 14, my son got one of those scholarships to visit Italy and Greece for 2 weeks. He hung out for awhile with the Canadian girls, but was pretty appalled by their level of alcohol consumption. At 14!
Canada is sooo sad. She could have outshone us and she settled for being safe -- which means she's not very safe at all. It's like having Europe around our neck.
When I heard on the news that Canada was blaming us, I thought you've got to be kidding me. And Vicente Fox is blaming us for wanting to build a fence, what is next????
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