Comments on: Gun Violence in Canada http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bryden http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1715767 bryden Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:31:39 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1715767 I do agree that the gun registry helps the police identify homes with firearms before they respond to a call at a residence but the gun registry does not stop gang shootings and neither will banning hand guns. criminals and gang members do not use registered or legaly aquired guns anyway, and all a ban would do is disarm the honest law abiding citizens. just my opinion. I do agree that the gun registry helps the police identify homes with firearms before they respond to a call at a residence but the gun registry does not stop gang shootings and neither will banning hand guns. criminals and gang members do not use registered or legaly aquired guns anyway, and all a ban would do is disarm the honest law abiding citizens. just my opinion.

]]> By: Steven Alexander http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1690680 Steven Alexander Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:17:04 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1690680 Wow I had no idea how low your gun crime is even thow you share the same firearm heritage as the United States and have about the same laws. thats just goes to prove that people are the problem and guns are just a tool. Stop the criminal from haveing the gun the the law abiding citizen Suport you legal gun ownership Wow I had no idea how low your gun crime is even thow you share the same firearm heritage as the United States and have about the same laws. thats just goes to prove that people are the problem and guns are just a tool. Stop the criminal from haveing the gun the the law abiding citizen Suport you legal gun ownership

]]> By: carole douaire http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1598378 carole douaire Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:46:11 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1598378 Carly... So is a chain saw....or a vehicle. LEARN how to use the bloody thing. (NPI Carly… So is a chain saw….or a vehicle. LEARN how to use the bloody thing. (NPI

]]> By: bryce http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1438651 bryce Wed, 06 May 2009 18:27:19 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1438651 guns are deadly........hawt guns are deadly……..hawt

]]> By: Carly http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1095341 Carly Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:07:28 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1095341 Even if everyone had a gun, that doesn't mean that everyone would know how to handle them. While trying to defend themselves, many civilians end up harming themselves or innocent bystanders because they don't know how to operate that type of weapon. This is why arming the country isn't the best solution. Also, there are less...deadly...weapons such as pepper spray and mace. Sometimes, that minute or so it takes for the assailant to regain their vision is all it takes to get away. Even if everyone had a gun, that doesn’t mean that everyone would know how to handle them. While trying to defend themselves, many civilians end up harming themselves or innocent bystanders because they don’t know how to operate that type of weapon. This is why arming the country isn’t the best solution. Also, there are less…deadly…weapons such as pepper spray and mace. Sometimes, that minute or so it takes for the assailant to regain their vision is all it takes to get away.

]]> By: Dwayne http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-1029891 Dwayne Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:26:52 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-1029891 Even if all legal gun owners gave up their guns, there will still be gun violence. Criminals are not legal gun owners, they use black market guns. So to them, the ban does not apply. After all, there's a ban on illegal drugs, but that doesn't stop the drug trade either. If every law abiding adult had a loaded hand gun holstered on them, then the criminals wouldn't be inclined to use their illegal guns. Women wouldn't get attacked by knife wielding rapists, burglers wouldn't enter buildings. Schools wouldn't get attacked by social retards. And morons like Charlie would shut up! Even if all legal gun owners gave up their guns, there will still be gun violence. Criminals are not legal gun owners, they use black market guns. So to them, the ban does not apply. After all, there’s a ban on illegal drugs, but that doesn’t stop the drug trade either.

If every law abiding adult had a loaded hand gun holstered on them, then the criminals wouldn’t be inclined to use their illegal guns. Women wouldn’t get attacked by knife wielding rapists, burglers wouldn’t enter buildings. Schools wouldn’t get attacked by social retards. And morons like Charlie would shut up!

]]> By: charlie.... http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-818377 charlie.... Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:30:09 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-818377 man.... why people wanna b bannin dem guns. what me n my bnoys gonna do tan eat?n cant stick no body up, cant rob no store, cant blast a man that gona kill me if i was slangin drugs....fuck a ban and paul martin the B**** A**n motherF******. sum 1 should make him a statistic. 590 million...get people out the ghetto man. save sum for me, s***, i could put it ta better use than that goof. he wont even fly a f***** canadian flag on his company boats n he was primeminister. S*** im 16 n i can see he is an idiot. maybe next time when we have an election i should go look in the crack spot for a candidate. man…. why people wanna b bannin dem guns. what me n my bnoys gonna do tan eat?n cant stick no body up, cant rob no store, cant blast a man that gona kill me if i was slangin drugs….fuck a ban and paul martin the B**** A**n motherF******. sum 1 should make him a statistic. 590 million…get people out the ghetto man. save sum for me, s***, i could put it ta better use than that goof. he wont even fly a f***** canadian flag on his company boats n he was primeminister. S*** im 16 n i can see he is an idiot. maybe next time when we have an election i should go look in the crack spot for a candidate.

]]> By: BBSB http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-17087 BBSB Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:44:09 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-17087 Scuse me Scuse me

]]> By: Steven Kendrick http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 Steven Kendrick Tue, 27 Dec 2005 00:53:57 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-2634 A better statistic was the cost of the UK handgun ban. According to the National Audit Office and the Home Office the cost of the handgun ban was £97 million (including admin costs), and that was in GB where there were 200,000 handguns, of which 160,000 were surrendered for compensation. According to the Canadian Firearm Centre, there are around 1.1 million registered handguns in Canada, assume that 80% of those are surrendered for compensation, that means 880,000 handguns. Take into account inflation since the British handgun ban and you're looking at a compensation cost around $1.3 billion by my reckoning. A better statistic was the cost of the UK handgun ban. According to the National Audit Office and the Home Office the cost of the handgun ban was £97 million (including admin costs), and that was in GB where there were 200,000 handguns, of which 160,000 were surrendered for compensation.

According to the Canadian Firearm Centre, there are around 1.1 million registered handguns in Canada, assume that 80% of those are surrendered for compensation, that means 880,000 handguns. Take into account inflation since the British handgun ban and you’re looking at a compensation cost around $1.3 billion by my reckoning.

]]> By: Vijay Anand http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/comment-page-1/#comment-2344 Vijay Anand Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:20:52 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/12/09/gun-violence-in-canada/#comment-2344 You make a very valid point Alec. Thanks for the insight. I couldn't understand as well (though I am in India at the moment, I still keep up with Canadian news). I don't think the gangs care one way or the other if there is a ban. I don't think they were carrying regulated guns for the most part. So a ban wouldn't necessarily do anything. The only smart thing, as you said, is to cause a ripple in the environment to positively affect the atmosphere and give them something else to do, think and work towards. You make a very valid point Alec. Thanks for the insight.

I couldn’t understand as well (though I am in India at the moment, I still keep up with Canadian news). I don’t think the gangs care one way or the other if there is a ban. I don’t think they were carrying regulated guns for the most part. So a ban wouldn’t necessarily do anything. The only smart thing, as you said, is to cause a ripple in the environment to positively affect the atmosphere and give them something else to do, think and work towards.

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