Report adds fuel to gun registry debate

EDMONTON SUN ^ | October 7, 2005 | DOUG BEAZLEY

[akorahil]

And the weapon of choice for most murders is still the humble knife.

Ban knives. It's for the public good...

[Brilliant]

Cukier pointed out that the majority of handguns used to kill in Canada are smuggled up from the States - something the registry wasn't designed to address.

They need better border security.

[Brilliant]

"It's the reason why we need to establish better international protocols on gun trafficking," she said.

What does that mean? Isn't already illegal to take guns across the border? What they need to do is enforce their existing laws.

[MarkeyD]

What's going to happen when the weapon of choice becomes baseball bats?

[Marauder]

Most murder guns in Canada are never registered with the Canadian Firearms Centre

Gee, y'think? Maybe the thing to do is register the criminals' guns first.

[faloi]

What's this? Registering the firearms of law-abiding people DOESN'T effect people that break the law? I feel that sharp, stabbing pain that comes from a blinding flash of the obvious. There's tax dollars down the tube...

[headsonpikes]

Report adds fuel to gun registry debate

What debate? The facts are on one side, and the emotion-drenched rhetoric is on the other.

The 'two solitudes' of Canada are becoming more clear every day, and they really have nothing to say to each other except 'Good-bye'.

[akorahil]

Why, we will then need to ban baseball bats.
Nay, ban baseball altogether! Remember, public good and all...

[King Prout]

your timing in posting this proved serendipitous: it provided me with another nail in the coffin for an argument elsewhere on the net. Thanks.

[Cobra64]

"Most murder guns in Canada are never registered with the Canadian Firearms Centre..."

What the hell is a "murder gun"?

[DocH]

Ban knives. It's for the public good...

Or, at least, do what the "enlightened" Brits are doing...

Ban all knives with icky, scary, sharp POINTS.

Ah, the wonder of the all powerful, all knowing NANNY STATE.

[ronnied]

whats the difference, soon canada & mexico will be annexed
with the u.s. & the un will be in control...
wake up, wake up ron...phew, i just had a bad daydream

[NonValueAdded]

Cukier ... might that be pronounced koo-key-er?

[45Auto]

What it means is that she wants the UN proposal on small arms trade [essentially a world-wide ban on civilian ownership of firearms] to go into effect so that Canada will not have to do its own policing and will not have to take responsibility for its own criminals (including the ones in Parliament) Not that such a scheme would have any effect on violence except to ensure that only criminals have weapons.

[Rakkasan1]

the stolen guns from here in Murderapolis , MN.??

[Rakkasan1]

paging Michael Moore. your 10 pound crow pie is ready.

[Cobra64]

Ahhh. Now I get it.

Series, is it that bad in Minneapolis? My wife is from St. Paul.

[Rakkasan1]

not as bad as in 1998. I think that's the year MPLS got that national nickname. "Boy mayor" Rybak hasn't helped much with the situation,neither has the moonbat city council there. Too busy writing resolutions declaring Iraq an "unjust war" ,banning legal,local, city-licensed businesses from having concealed handguns and other important things.St.Paul will end up being the same gelatinous turd if/when Chris Coleman becomes mayor there.