jlf1961 -> RE: Canadian gun control... (10/22/2014 3:29:36 PM)
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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1 That isn't allowed at all in most countries where there are much stricter guns laws. And, gee, look what happened in Ottawa today. Interesting thing to me is that these guys apparently weren't even all that organized. So...you have people flying by the seat of their pants, with some vendetta against the Canadian government (and shot a soldier at a national war memorial no less), getting into the Canadian parliament building and shooting it up. Obviously, if the US had stricter gun laws, this would never have happened in Canada. Why not look at the real issue...which are the PEOPLE that shot the guns, not the guns themselves? And you seem to think that guns aren't available in Canada, UK, Australia et al. They are. It's just a tad harder and we don't have a dozen guns stores along the main street like in the US. Anyone can apply for a gun just like the US. You go through health and criminal checks (unlike the US where you can get around these laws), and when approved, you can go buy your gun. You don't have to be organised. I don't see why you even brought that up. You only need a small number of people of like minds to get together and go cause havoc somewhere. And yes, I would go so far to state that if guns weren't soo prolific in the US and soo easy to get hold of, many Canadians wouldn't have quite so many guns. First, would you mind telling me what town in the US has a dozen gun dealers along main street? My home town is 118000 people, there are 5 sporting goods stores that sell firearms, and about 9 pawn shops that sell fire arms. Second, to legally purchase a fire arm, you have to go through a criminal record check, fail that, you sol. Third, and most important is the "This only happens in the US where you can buy a gun anywhere" crap that people keep trying to shove down our throats. My point is that it can happen anywhere, any time, whether guns are legal or not. The truth of the matter is that in the US, a person's mental health record is not part of the back ground check, the ATF had its teeth pulled years ago, and the freaking gun laws are not enforced, or impossible to enforce because of man power shortages.
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