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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
This is actually an outright lie. If you use Toronto (most likely very applicable to the rest of Canada) as an example, ~70% of guns are smuggled illegally into the country from the US. A good chunk of the remaining 30% comes from theft (I think this is illegal as well) and then a small percentage come from actual, legal owners.
Bill Blair acknowledged this and CBC had a special on it.
This argument is contingent on criminals suddenly handing in their guns and not trying to source new ones. It would also require a massive joint crackdown on cross-border smuggling by US and Canadian law enforcement, which everyone you ask will support (gun owners included).
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And part of Olivia Chows election platform is pushing a handgun ban in Toronto. IE banning those who legally have the ability to own them from doing so, while doing jack squat about the real problem.
Gun owners are just low hanging fruit for politicians who want to appear to be doing something.