3cp1
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OK, I'm no fan of guns, but it seems to me that David Miller has a problem comprehending basic logic. How exactly can an inanimate object such as a gun show mercy? Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that it is the people who are using guns for criminal activity who show no mercy.
Miller loves to blame the Conservatives and American gun laws for the gun crime in Toronto. I find it odd that he refuses to blame the people who are committing the crimes for their actions, and instead blames the tools they use. So how is it that gun crime has been dropping in America? And how is it that ever since Britain and Australia introduced gun bans, gun crime has risen there? Here is a study (not funded by the gun lobby) that demonstrates that handgun bans do not reduce violent crime, in fact they often have the opposite effect.
As I say, I am not really opposed to a ban on handguns, as long as efforts are focused on keeping them out of would be criminals' hands. But I think it is downright dishonest to blame the Conservatives and American gun laws for the actions of criminals in Toronto. A better approach might be to push for tougher sentencing for perpetrators of gun crime, and it is the federal Liberals who are standing in the way of that. They've also appointed plenty of lenient judges who make sure the revolving door prison system gets these guys back out on the streets in no time.
I also think the youth in the high risk neighbourhoods need a helping hand. Maybe the feds should hire tutors to help these kids do better in school, so they have alternatives to a life of crime. Why isn't David Miller pushing for programs like that? He actually thinks he can dictate to Americans what policies to implement? I think he has a bit of a god complex. Maybe next he'll be telling the UN what to do.
Miller loves to blame the Conservatives and American gun laws for the gun crime in Toronto. I find it odd that he refuses to blame the people who are committing the crimes for their actions, and instead blames the tools they use. So how is it that gun crime has been dropping in America? And how is it that ever since Britain and Australia introduced gun bans, gun crime has risen there? Here is a study (not funded by the gun lobby) that demonstrates that handgun bans do not reduce violent crime, in fact they often have the opposite effect.
As I say, I am not really opposed to a ban on handguns, as long as efforts are focused on keeping them out of would be criminals' hands. But I think it is downright dishonest to blame the Conservatives and American gun laws for the actions of criminals in Toronto. A better approach might be to push for tougher sentencing for perpetrators of gun crime, and it is the federal Liberals who are standing in the way of that. They've also appointed plenty of lenient judges who make sure the revolving door prison system gets these guys back out on the streets in no time.
I also think the youth in the high risk neighbourhoods need a helping hand. Maybe the feds should hire tutors to help these kids do better in school, so they have alternatives to a life of crime. Why isn't David Miller pushing for programs like that? He actually thinks he can dictate to Americans what policies to implement? I think he has a bit of a god complex. Maybe next he'll be telling the UN what to do.