I'll have a Glock combo with fries, and a Biggie clip
In a shocking twist of events yesterday, Prime Minister Paul Martin lobbied the Old Adage Society for a change of a long standing policy: guns don’t kill people, people kill people. Well, not according to Mr. Martin. With his stunningly short sighted announcement of banning handguns, Martin showed that he is a firm believer that “guns kill people, people don’t kill people”. Clearly he needs to read a copy of Freakonomics, or perhaps just pull his head out of whatever cloud it’s been residing because this policy will do nothing but foster an even larger “black-market” gun economy. It is akin to saying “we are banning fast food because it makes people fat.” What the Liberals fail to address with this new policy is that yes, guns CAN kill people, and fast food CAN make you fat, but the mitigating factor is the operator of the glock and/or Big Mac.
The populace of Canada will (should) have little tolerance for yet another program administered by the same bureaucracy and Ministers that managed to take the nearsighted Gun Registry Program and turn it into a $1Billion embarrassment to Canada; all the while crime with guns continued in increase. Are we to forget the failures of the past, and allow hundreds of millions more to be thrown at an ineffectual program? This is merely the same style program with a new title and attitude that is bound to produce similar moribund results for incredible amounts of money.
The only real deterrent can come from markedly harsher sentencing for crimes committed with guns. 10 years minimum sentence whether you used it to steal some bubble gum or kill your spouse. As well, consecutive sentencing must be enacted to give it real teeth. It should be noted I have never, nor will I ever own a gun. Does that mean I think gun owners are wrong, or guns are dangerous? Nope; it means that I don’t hunt, nor do I target shoot. There are lots of good people that do though, and they should not be forced in any way to change their upstanding habits due to somebody in Toronto or Winnipeg having an itchy trigger finger and a score to settle. People will continue to commit crimes with guns, despite registries, buyback programs, amnesties or other. Sentence them accordingly.
The Old Adage Society has heard Mr. Martin’s argument, and will hand down their ruling on or about January 23rd. Stay tuned…. GL
The populace of Canada will (should) have little tolerance for yet another program administered by the same bureaucracy and Ministers that managed to take the nearsighted Gun Registry Program and turn it into a $1Billion embarrassment to Canada; all the while crime with guns continued in increase. Are we to forget the failures of the past, and allow hundreds of millions more to be thrown at an ineffectual program? This is merely the same style program with a new title and attitude that is bound to produce similar moribund results for incredible amounts of money.
The only real deterrent can come from markedly harsher sentencing for crimes committed with guns. 10 years minimum sentence whether you used it to steal some bubble gum or kill your spouse. As well, consecutive sentencing must be enacted to give it real teeth. It should be noted I have never, nor will I ever own a gun. Does that mean I think gun owners are wrong, or guns are dangerous? Nope; it means that I don’t hunt, nor do I target shoot. There are lots of good people that do though, and they should not be forced in any way to change their upstanding habits due to somebody in Toronto or Winnipeg having an itchy trigger finger and a score to settle. People will continue to commit crimes with guns, despite registries, buyback programs, amnesties or other. Sentence them accordingly.
The Old Adage Society has heard Mr. Martin’s argument, and will hand down their ruling on or about January 23rd. Stay tuned…. GL
posted by Graydon Smith @ 12:42 p.m.
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