Re: Canada Banned Certain Guns, Can't Figure Out How to Collect Them

"max headroom" <maximusheadroom@gmx.com> wrote in message news:vdou8q$8l0a$6@dont-email.me...

Canada Banned Certain Guns, Can't Figure Out How to Collect Them
Bachynsky said the ban would not have prevented the killings in Nova Scotia.
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He pointed out that the killer had violated several laws before he fired his
first shot. From smuggling guns into the country to impersonating a police
officer, the shooter could have been charged with a crime without ever putting
his finger on a trigger, he said.
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"The government wanted to be seen to be doing something.

And that pretty much sums up the totality of gun control.
It does nothing to stop criminals, but has the 'appearance' to be doing something.
And that's not even getting into whether such crimes are merely the excuse or whether other reasons for gun control might be in play.