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Originally Posted by Snakeeye
This is a ploy for votes in Toronto, which has had a rather large number of handgun murders this year (by Canadian standards).
Otherwise, it is a completely worthless gesture that fails to target criminals.
In other words, it is a typical Liberal idea: poorly thought out and unlikely to have a positive impact.
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Give me a break.
Here in Vancouver there have been a number of handgun deaths recently, with a high profile one this week in which a local skateboarder was shot and killed outside a club when he tried to break up an incident. Police are reporting that there is growing "handgun culture" amongst young men who think it's cool to carry around a gun. We're not talking about criminals or gang members, but just young men with too much testosterone and not enough brains.
If people want to have rifles and go out hunting for sport or food, that's their business, but there is no need for handguns in our society.