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In article <DJMLFz.7G5@freenet.carleton.ca>, ag414@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Colin R. Leech) writes:
 
|> The debate over the availability of illegal guns is a common one among gun
|> supporters, but it is really a red herring. For starters, people have to
|> go to some effort to obtain an illegal weapon, which restricts the number
|> of people who will bother to go this route. 

Hahahaha.  You anti-gun folks need to get your act together.
The media's patron saint for gun control, the Citizen's Ron Corbett,
wrote a number of articles to show just how easy it is to obtain
illegal handguns.  He even bought some himself within a very short
time.  The Citizen also ran another story showing how black market
handguns smuggled in by huge routes through our native reserves,
were used in an extremely high percentage of crimes.
Project Gunrunner showed that 85% of handguns seized never were
registered in Canada.

Legally owned handguns account for  0.7% of murders.
Looks like a lot of people are being killed with red herrings, Colin.

Do you suppose Brian Tobin should get involved ?


|> Secondly, there are so many
|> illegal weapons because the gun control laws in the US are virtually
|> non-existant. If the US enacted tougher legislation similar to Canada (a
|> person can dream, can't he?), the supply of illegal guns would be cut
|> dramatically. It's not too hard to travel to the US, buy a gun, and slip
|> it into your suitcase to drive back across the border.

I won't argue with the gist of this point but would point out how 
badly at variance it is with your first point and also point out
that people who have been caught importing the stuff into Canada
have been given FINES !
(one of these guns was traced to several different murders).
Do you think a fine cuts it (or even newly proposed maximum sentences
which NEVER GET APPLIED)?

No.  Let's get after those evil collectors and target shooters instead.


I would suggest that people who really want something done about  
gun crime tell Mr. Rock to stuff his phony registration system (instead
of patting him on the back) and start getting TOUGH on those who commit 
and contribute to violent crime.

Barry