tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post999922729113137481..comments2023-11-05T03:44:10.274-05:00Comments on Drunk in Ontario: God made men...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-4246703659338134072009-03-26T10:29:00.000-04:002009-03-26T10:29:00.000-04:00I'm not suggesting that a handgun ban will elimina...I'm not suggesting that a handgun ban will eliminate murders. Not even handgun violence. I simply don't see the point of a populace armed with a tool that was specifically designed to kill people.<BR/><BR/>And what do you hunt with handguns?<BR/><BR/>I recognize that my position is not popular, and I even understand why. And I realize that there is effectively a handgun ban in Ontario as it is. Banning handguns will not eliminate violence. Banning handguns will not eliminat murder. Banning handguns will not eliminate crime. Those are far deeper and more complcated issues.<BR/><BR/>Calling me a fool, implying I'm stupid, or appealling to my sense of "freedom" won't change the fact that handguns are for killing people.Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-84637526088591511792009-03-26T10:10:00.000-04:002009-03-26T10:10:00.000-04:00Father Shaggy, I have a few comments for you.Until...Father Shaggy, I have a few comments for you.<BR/><BR/>Until recently, handgun hunting in Ontario was legal, it was the government that said we couldn't anymore. Is that the hunters fault? Should we now just give them up because YOU don't see a good reason for having them?<BR/>How many shootings with handguns happened in the woods back then?<BR/><BR/>Answer: ZERO.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I don't know where you are getting your facts from on bans. Jamaica has a handgun ban in place. over 1500 people murdered by handgun there last year. England has a ban in place, gun crime up over 400%. So I see it's worked so well elsewhere, lets do more of the same stupidity here huh?<BR/><BR/>How about you let ME decide what I want, and what I need. Whether it be the car I drive, or the hobby I choose, or what tool I use to defend my family. <BR/><BR/>I KNOW one thing, ban or not, if I have to defend myself one day against a "bad guy" I want the tool best suited to my defense. I don't want to be on unequal ground because someone named "Shaggy" "doesn't understand why anyone needs one". I want the tool best suited to defend myself and my family.<BR/><BR/>This used to be a free country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-24025936753140249612009-02-19T20:54:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:54:00.000-05:00"about whether or not they should have grabbed a m..."about whether or not they should have grabbed a machete, instead."<BR/><BR/>Imagine that you are being forced to chose the type of murder your child (just run with me here). You are given two weapons.<BR/><BR/>A machete, or a handgun.<BR/><BR/>Choose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-82157399102330987512009-02-19T20:51:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:51:00.000-05:00If the only people in the province who are allowed...If the only people in the province who are allowed to have handguns are the cops, we'll all be a lot safer<BR/><BR/>You deluded fool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-32886183036071104752009-02-11T11:04:00.000-05:002009-02-11T11:04:00.000-05:00I see your point, but what I don't see is the poin...I see your point, but what I don't see is the point of handgun ownership in the first place. Sure, you be a sport shooter, but that essentially is killing practice. What's the point of being able to more effectively fire a projectile at a paper target, if not to make you more effective at firing a projectile at a meat targret?Father Shaggyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387065831329240927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-56025926735795285922009-02-11T10:50:00.001-05:002009-02-11T10:50:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7405546.post-32935205974708849712009-02-11T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-11T10:50:00.000-05:00I have to disagree on this one.Handguns are alread...I have to disagree on this one.<BR/><BR/>Handguns are already highly restricted in this country. Handgun owners (I'm not one, incidentally) have to go through rigorous security checks before being allowed a permit, and they cannot be simply transported around in the glove box of the family sedan.<BR/><BR/>So, legally owned and registered handguns, typically used for target shooting, are not the problem and have never been the problem. And banning them will not address the bigger problem of illegal guns and illegal gun use.<BR/><BR/>There's a lot of hyperbole around this issue by Mayor Miller and others, but it would be nice to see some sanity. For example - how many legally owned handguns are there in Ontario? How many get stolen and subsequently used in crime every year in Ontario? How many illegal handguns do we think there are in Ontario? And so on, instead of the typical the-sky-is-falling-we-must-do-something knee jerk reactions we get from self-serving politicians.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.com