I just read this story on MSN news.
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/To...28&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True
The same anti-rhetoric is bandied about as "proof" that the gun registeration in Canada needs to stay, but I find part of the Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's comment at the end to be encouraging at least...
Opposition parties urge Tories to keep gun registry
De Sousa was killed and 19 students were injured on Sept. 13 when Kimveer Gill stormed into Dawson College and opened fire before turning the gun on himself.
"I kissed her on the head and i said goodbye, I didn't know that would be the last time," De Sousa's mother, Louise, said of her final morning with her daughter. "From that night on our lives have changed completely."
De Sousa's father, Nelson, graphically recalled the devastating scene at the college.
"What was left was debris, pools of blood everywhere and my daughter, Anastasia," he said. "Nine bullets from the shiny gun of a madman extinguished the flame of her candle -- her life."
"This horrific devastation to Canadian life sheds light on the need for tighter gun laws."
The group is calling on the Conservatives to:
Shooting victim Hayder Kadhim told reporters it was now his mission to speak out on gun control.
"I was shot three times in the Dawson shooting," said Kadhim, who was hit in his head, neck and left leg. "This has brought me as a Canadian citizen, a friend of Anastasia and a victim, to fight for better gun control in Canada."
"While still in hospital, I was shocked when told that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, along with his Conservative party, was still planning on eliminating the long-gun registry."
Liberal Opposition Leader Bill Graham said the message was a simple one.
"We need to maintain the gun registry," said Graham. "Why would we abandon an instrument that has now been funded, is now working and now used by the police 5,000 times a day?"
Bloc Québecois Leader Gilles Duceppe also attended to voice support for the registry.
The De Sousas and Kadhim met with Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day earlier this month to push for stricter measures.
But Day said the long-gun registry is not a real deterrent to the illegal use of firearms. Instead, he said officials should focus on cracking down on gangs and gun trafficking, as well as tighter gun permit rules."
http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/To...28&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V2&showbyline=True
The same anti-rhetoric is bandied about as "proof" that the gun registeration in Canada needs to stay, but I find part of the Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's comment at the end to be encouraging at least...
Opposition parties urge Tories to keep gun registry
De Sousa was killed and 19 students were injured on Sept. 13 when Kimveer Gill stormed into Dawson College and opened fire before turning the gun on himself.
"I kissed her on the head and i said goodbye, I didn't know that would be the last time," De Sousa's mother, Louise, said of her final morning with her daughter. "From that night on our lives have changed completely."
De Sousa's father, Nelson, graphically recalled the devastating scene at the college.
"What was left was debris, pools of blood everywhere and my daughter, Anastasia," he said. "Nine bullets from the shiny gun of a madman extinguished the flame of her candle -- her life."
"This horrific devastation to Canadian life sheds light on the need for tighter gun laws."
The group is calling on the Conservatives to:
Shooting victim Hayder Kadhim told reporters it was now his mission to speak out on gun control.
"I was shot three times in the Dawson shooting," said Kadhim, who was hit in his head, neck and left leg. "This has brought me as a Canadian citizen, a friend of Anastasia and a victim, to fight for better gun control in Canada."
"While still in hospital, I was shocked when told that Prime Minister Stephen Harper, along with his Conservative party, was still planning on eliminating the long-gun registry."
Liberal Opposition Leader Bill Graham said the message was a simple one.
"We need to maintain the gun registry," said Graham. "Why would we abandon an instrument that has now been funded, is now working and now used by the police 5,000 times a day?"
Bloc Québecois Leader Gilles Duceppe also attended to voice support for the registry.
The De Sousas and Kadhim met with Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day earlier this month to push for stricter measures.
But Day said the long-gun registry is not a real deterrent to the illegal use of firearms. Instead, he said officials should focus on cracking down on gangs and gun trafficking, as well as tighter gun permit rules."