Gun Control

Liberal promise complete ban on handguns
Yes indeed. I dearly love those liberals. I mean who can't help but love those cute little fellows who so clearly think everything through before they do it. How touching; the liberals are very worried about all the people in Canada that have gotten shot and so they vow to get rid of handguns. This of course will not cost near as much as the gun registry did and will be much more helpful. Yes of course that is how it will work out because we all know that people would never kill other people if they did not have handguns. After all the Great Paul Martin himself said that "handguns kill people"

Well folks I have some news for you; banning handguns will not stop murders. Yes you heard me right guns don't kill people, people kill people. I mean think about it, when is the last time you heard on the news that a gun opened up the gun cabinet walked out of it and then walked up to somebody pointed itself at their head and shot them? It's been awhile hasn't it? No folks, you need to have someone pick up the gun, point it in the right direction and pull the trigger. "But hold on a sec" I hear you saying..."Isn't it true that without the means for murder there will not be murders?"
you know what, you have been listening to the liberals for a little bit too long and it has started to make you brain get a little mushy. You are missing out on a key point here. Handguns may have been involved in about two thirds of all firearm murders in the last year but that does mean that banning them will get rid of them, and even if it did mean that it does not mean that getting rid of them will get rid of murder. There are plenty of other weapons that can be used to kill people, and although they may not be as convenient as a handgun you can rest assured that they will be used if handguns aren't around. If my memory serves me correctly handguns hadn't been invented yet when Cain killed Able. Oh and one other thing: since it is the person wielding the gun that determines its use, is it not possible to have a gun used for self-defense?

It is an admirable thing to want to save people's lives, but to do so requires more than just anti-gun rhetoric. It requires cold hard facts. We need proof that this isn't just going to be another liberal financial fiasco, and we need proof that it is actually going to be helpful, neither of which outcomes seems likely to me. Lets not loose our heads to some mushy liberal rhetoric, but lets see some facts.