Tom Says: “No, no, no, no, no…”
As the Mayor of Toronto, David Miller has a number of serious problems. Not the least of which is the use of illegal hand guns on the streets of his city. The Mayor and the members of his executive committee are under the misguided belief that a total ban on hand guns in this country will go a long way to clearing up the problem.
On this issue, the Mayor couldn’t be more wrong.
He is now asking like minded Canadians to sign an online petition to get the minority Conservative government in Ottawa to enact a ban.
Mr. Mayor, It will do nothing to solve your problem, and in fact — it might make it even worse.
If you take legally registered hand guns out of the hands of legally licensed owners, this might further embolden those who live on the other side of the law to extend their illegal web — knowing there won’t be hand guns in any homes to — if not stop them, at least make them think twice.
I am not a gun enthusiast, in fact since leaving the military in the early 1960’s, I’ve had the occasion to use a shot gun four times. Once for duck hunting and three times with my buddies when we all went trap shooting.
I know a number of people who own long guns and a smaller number who own hand guns, legally registered I might add… and what right do you have to say to hand gun enthusiasts: “Sorry folks, you can’t do that anymore in this country.”
Banning hand guns wouldn’t even be a Band-Aid solution to your problem.
Focusing your time and effort on Canada’s members or parliament to enact tougher gun legislation seems to me to be a much smarter alternative. How far are we going to go with this banning stuff? Maybe we should just ban everything?
That makes about as much sense as what you’re calling for.
I know what you’re doing — and you’re doing it for political reasons. It sounds good and looks good to the people who live in Toronto but you’re just fooling them.
I’m Tom Young.