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In article <DJoB9K.324@freenet.carleton.ca> Colin R. Leech 
(ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:

> If nothing else, restricting the availability of guns will help limit
> their use in domestic violence and domestic accidents.

Either you are privy to Rock's secrets, or you have not read C-68. Although
we know that the intent of C-68 is to reduce the number of firearms that are
in responsible hands, the legislation is made to appear to be a tracking
mechanism. As such, it will not restrict the availability of firearms in any
way.

Also, since situations of domestic violence that end in death are usually
well known to authorities (usually up to two years before a death), and
current laws are not used to remove firearms from the situaion, even though
they could be, what makes you believe that there will be any change in the
policy?

Still further, what makes you believe that the minority of offenders who use
firearms in their domestic crime, won't turn to weapons that the majority
use, like knives, boots, fists, a stocking, etc.?

This is not rocket science, but so many people let their emotions override
their ability to think rationally on the issue.

> However, it is
> clear that every little step towards making them harder to obtain *will*
> have some small impact on their usage, despite the protestations of people
> like yourself. 

However large the impact may be, it is not worth the turn towards a police
state.

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