Bringing a gun-ban to a knife fight

ArcherandShooter · Sep 14, 2007

Check out http://www.theglobeandmail.com/serv...ational/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20070912.wstab0912

to see one Canadian response to a school STABBING - a gun ban, of course! :barf:

:banghead:

KAREN HOWLETT AND JEFF GRAY

Globe and Mail Update

September 12, 2007 at 1:06 PM EDT

Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty said Wednesday that he does not want to see the provinces' schools resort to installing metal detectors and having uniformed security officers patrol the halls in the wake of Tuesday's fatal stabbing at a Toronto high school.

Such a move, he said, would amount to the Americanization of schools in Ontario.

“I see that as an absolute last resort,” Mr. McGuinty told reporters during an election campaign stop.

Instead, he said, Ontario needs to distinguish itself from the United States by imposing an outright ban on hand guns.

“Let's ban handguns in Ontario,” he said. “Let's ban handguns across the country. Let's declare war against handguns.”

A 16-year-old Scarborough youth was stabbed to death on Tuesday on a walkway leading from Winston Churchill Collegiate Institute.

Of course, if they do what this guy wants, sooner or later it will occur to some delinquent up there that you can stab somebody with a knife since you can't with a gun. (hat tip to James Taranto, www.botw.com)

cr500man · Sep 14, 2007

My God, It makes so much sence. Im still waiting for congress to pass a bill like that. :banghead:

hnk45acp · Sep 14, 2007

I thought liberals were against going after something else that wasn't the initial cause of the problem.

springmom · Sep 14, 2007

And since I'm against botulism poisoning, let's ban all screwdrivers....

:banghead::banghead::banghead:

My personal favorite comment from the article (sorry, the comments are closed, so no you can't go add your two cents') was the following:

Handguns should be banned because they can kill quickly and from a long distance giving victims little chance to escape. If they use knives or any other weapon then the victims can escape.

Oh, of course! My Kimber Ultra Carry II Death Ray can strike from hundreds of feet away... but if some nitwit with a Bowie knife gets within three feet of me, I'm perfectly safe because I can escape, dontcha know.

Springmom

Art Eatman · Sep 14, 2007

Unfortunately, for all that it's a wonderful example of non-think, it ain't for this forum...

Art

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