As many have mentioned, but the Lib spin-masters continue to deny, the proposed law would be absilutely useless.
Some local police chime in on the subject...
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The law overlooks the real source of violence -- illegally procured, often smuggled handguns, said Al Koenig, president of the Calgary Police Association.
"It might be easier just to ban crime," said Koenig. "I doubt they'll follow through with this but even if they did, it wouldn't save a single life."
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Smuggling the weapons has been made easier since the port-control duties were taken over by the RCMP, who have complained they lack the proper resources, said Koenig.
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Const. John Burke of the city police firearms support unit said he sees no compliance problems among Calgary's handgun permit holders.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Election...45354-sun.html
And an editorial that says this is nothing more than a ploy to let the Liberals spin the Cons into "gun-lovers" and of course "scary".
The issue of gun crime was bound to become front and centre in the current election campaign in the wake of a spate of horrible and highly visible street murders in the Jane-Finch area of Toronto, a poor suburban ethnic neighbourhood that has become Canada's most active shooting gallery.
So, why would the Liberals bother?
The answer is not so much to position themselves as the new law-and-order posse as it is to bait the Conservatives into a public relations trap of being portrayed as the party of right-wing gun-lovers. In short, scary. Even by the usual standards of Martin's spin-machine, the Liberal ban on banned guns has been a masterpiece of shameless politicking.
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Election...45378-sun.html