Is complete gun confiscation far off in Canada?
Didn't the Liberals promise that they didn't want to take away people's guns? On top of everything else, unless the gun could never be removed I am not sure how this program would stop anything.
PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun
DATE: 2006.10.13
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PAGE: 14
ILLUSTRATION: photo of JIM KARYGIANNIS Safety first
BYLINE: KATHLEEN HARRIS, PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU
WORD COUNT: 282
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MP urges group gun storage
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A Liberal MP is proposing a mandatory gun "repository" program to help prevent shooting tragedies like the recent rampage at Dawson College.
As debate bubbles in the run-up to a possible fall vote in Parliament on repealing the long-gun registry, Scarborough-Agincourt MP Jim Karygiannis suggested firearms owners in communities with populations of 40,000 or more should be required by law to store weapons in a special repository. Facilities could be run through a private-public partnership, with fees charged to owners.
Karygiannis said the boost to public safety would far outweigh the potential inconvenience or cost to gun owners. "What's a life worth?" he asked.
Karygiannis said the program, styled after a voluntary program in aboriginal communities in Manitoba, would not target rural farmers or hunters, but rather be geared to city dwellers who are occasional target shooters, hunters or owners of heirloom guns. Rampages like Dawson College might be prevented because owners could be denied access to their weapons if they are intoxicated or show signs of mental distress, he said.
DATE: 2006.10.13
EDITION: Final
SECTION: News
PAGE: 14
ILLUSTRATION: photo of JIM KARYGIANNIS Safety first
BYLINE: KATHLEEN HARRIS, PARLIAMENTARY BUREAU
WORD COUNT: 282
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MP urges group gun storage
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A Liberal MP is proposing a mandatory gun "repository" program to help prevent shooting tragedies like the recent rampage at Dawson College.
As debate bubbles in the run-up to a possible fall vote in Parliament on repealing the long-gun registry, Scarborough-Agincourt MP Jim Karygiannis suggested firearms owners in communities with populations of 40,000 or more should be required by law to store weapons in a special repository. Facilities could be run through a private-public partnership, with fees charged to owners.
Karygiannis said the boost to public safety would far outweigh the potential inconvenience or cost to gun owners. "What's a life worth?" he asked.
Karygiannis said the program, styled after a voluntary program in aboriginal communities in Manitoba, would not target rural farmers or hunters, but rather be geared to city dwellers who are occasional target shooters, hunters or owners of heirloom guns. Rampages like Dawson College might be prevented because owners could be denied access to their weapons if they are intoxicated or show signs of mental distress, he said.
posted by John Lott at 9:35 AM
5 Comments:
This concept worked *so* well in the UK...see how their crime rate plummeted?
It's astonishing that this garbage keeps getting regurgitated, and the people keep entertaining it.
-dk
Don't forget, John, this is the same party that declared unilaterally that it would "BAN HANDGUNS" during the last election. The Federal Lieberal Party of Canada has been sliding so far to the left that they have become indistinguishable from socialists.
Here's my rebuttal letter:
Just submitted, not yet printed. WRITE A LETTER, DAMMIT!
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: MP urges group gun storage
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 14:20:46 -0400
From: Bruce Mills
To: Editor - Ottawa Sun [oped@ott.sunpub.com]
Why does it seem that the Federal Liberal Party is intent on blaming and
punishing law abiding gun owners for the crimes of others? MP Jim
Karygiannis' latest foray into the ridiculous is just another slap in
the face of an important Canadian cultural minority. For a party that
preaches diversity, tolerance, equality, and justice, it seems that
these noble sentiments of theirs don't apply if you happen to be a gun
owner.
Instead of harassing and criminalizing those who are not, and never were
"the problem", we should be focusing on the real cause of "gun crimes":
criminals. Our elected, and their appointed, officials must start
holding those who actually commit real criminal acts accountable for
*their* actions.
"Gun control" isn't "crime control".
"... owners could be denied access to their weapons if they are intoxicated or show signs of mental distress, ..." or more significantly, anytime the government decided that doing so might show itself to be "doing something" about the growing violence that's sure to follow close on the heels of the enhanced safety created for thugs, thieves and rapists.
A special mandatory repository ...
Yes, of course, where the criminals can break in and steal what they want, through inside contacts, or – more importantly – where the liberal government can simply confiscate the lot, whenever it has a conniption fit over firearms ownership.
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