Canadian Liberals doing what they do best...
First it was "Bush's Fault" ... Now our lack of US gun control is the root of the Canadians surge in gun violence.... Blah Blah....
I get lectured weekly by my Canadian workmates who love to recite all the stats on why Canada is safer. Nothing like a sophomoric Apples to Oranges comparison.
In one instance, I was lectured on how dangerous the states are, yet this holier than thou liberal in Ottawa told me she carries a screwdriver with her when she walks her dog because she feels unsafe! How silly is that! Nothing like a craftsman to save the day!
The hoighty-totiy attitude rings hollow to me lately - the abject blindness of liberals to acknowledge the real source of problems is scary - scapegoating from politicians only leads to more horrible things long term.....
(insert a Wagner tune here).
posted by Rubma at 12/28/2005 08:53:00 AM
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Some little things to think about:
England, Where "Gun Control" has failed.
In 1974 in the United Kingdom 184 000 firearms were registered and 64 crimes involving firearms were committed, yet by 1994, when only 130 000 weapons were registered, there were almost 6000 crimes involving firearms. A reduction in the number of firearms does not always lead to a reduction in crimes involving firearms.
-- Russel Savage, The Honourable Member for Mildura
Parliamentary Hansard, 18th June 1996 Page 810
Greenwood Report from England
Findings of Chief Inspector Colin Greenwood of the West Yorkshire constabulary, England, who in his book "Firearms Control," revealed that as a consequence of harshly restrictive firearm laws affecting the British public, criminal violence had increased 196% from 1981 to 1992. Similar findings occur in the U.S., where cities with more gun control to the point of banning firearms, are stricken with phenomenal crime rates, which throw the entire country into disrepute.
"No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime was very much less when there were no controls of any sort... Half a century of strict controls on pistols has ended, perversely, with a far greater use of this class of weapon in crime than ever before."
-- C. Greenwood, Firearms Control, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972, p.243.
Government Statistical Service
Since 1988 Great Britain has increased both the firearm control bureaucracy as well as the annual fees for possession of rifles, shotguns, and handguns to the point where the rate of legal gun ownership declined by 22% between 1988 and 1992 (Government Statistical Service, August 1993, p.3, p.5).
Ironically, the violent crime and firearm robbery rates in Great Britain increased by 29% and 109%, respectively, during the same period (Government Statistical Service, December 1992, p.35, p.65)
I guess that it is clear Canadians only want the people most likely to use guns maliciously to own them. After all, if a criminal thinks they are safe threatening the use of deadly force against a target, it makes for a safer transaction for the predator.
There is safety in the idea of personal protection and the idea that if threatened with deadly force, a person can justifiably retaliate against such threat with force necessary to negate that threat.
Canadians hate the US so much that over 90% of their population live within roughly 100 miles of the US/Canadian border, and many report using the US for regular service and goods purchases. Politicians love the ability to blame someone other than their failed social systems for the ills that plague their society, such as a blooming underclass and a perception of segregation by minorities in a society (think of Canada as the North American equivalent of France). Lived there, like to visit there, but don't understand the "blame the US" attitude Canada often assumes when things aren't "just right".
A couple of thoughts...
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