They started as a legal gun not in Canada. The existing laws already made his possession illegal. Making thousands of guns not used in crimes illegal without even attempting to deal with the main source is the worst kind of politics.
It is why it is a global problem and we have it tougher than most due to the US and their screwed up gun culture. But every single one of those guns started its life as a legal firearm.
Like I said in the dog thread, these bans (like pitbull) are not simplistic and just about the banned thing. The ban also targets the
type of people that own these types of items. Not everyone who owns them is the type, but too many are. It is almost always deeper than what it seems... Generally the guy (like me) who owns a hunting rifle is different than the guy that has a bunch of "black guns"....
Every alcohol starts out harmless but kills more and ruins more lives. How many people are killed from a drunk driver every year or have family members suffering from alcohol abuse? More in a week than guns do in a year in Canada.
What is the purpose of said drug?
So lets punish all the law abiding people enjoying their hobby? Let's shut down distilleries, bars, LCBO. Turn in your now illegal whisky collection, it could get stolen and end up in the wrong hands.
No it would be senseless, we look at stopping drunk drivers, create a stigma, help those with abuse issues.
Same thing with these shootings, the target should be mental health, youth outreach in known gang-areas. It's all kids in their teens doing these shootings.
Same tired old strawman arguments.... look at this other thing.... who will think of the children... blah blah blah...
Alcohol is not made for someone to use to kill someone else. I'm sure it happens but that is not the intended purpose of alcohol, or pools or RR bikes or sports cars, or whatever tired old strawman argument. The intended purpose of the device is the difference. A hunting rifle as an example, can very easily kill someone but that is not the main purpose of the device.
Now if we were debating a smoking ban (as an example) than these specific strawman arguments would have direct meaning because the subject is not the intended purpose but instead just the outcome. For the very incomplete "assault" rifle ban, intended purpose of the device appears to be more, or as, important than the simplistic numbers outcome.
I still say the simple solution, every gun should be hot pink (all of it), that way the need a gun to feel like a big man crowd will just stick to giant pick-ups...
