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Don’t Bring Your Guns to Town?

By Joshua Errett

If we have to post one more picture of a gun…Jeez. Well, given there’s been no update on the ‘national gun crisis’ in a while, let’s check up on the issue with a few links.
gun.jpg- A pastor calls for the War Measures Act to find the gunman from the funeral shooting. Too late though, city councilor Michael Thompson already came up with that idea. Lame-city.
- The CBC’s Mary Weins talks to a Jane-Finch rapper, discusses blunts. Was that blunts? Or unfair media representation?
- According to police, a man was shot for not having any cigarettes. Also according to police, officers should be allowed to brandish weapons at peaceful ralleys.
- Dork University’s Dr. Frances Henry and Carol Tator concluded the the press create a sense of “moral panic” in which “isolated incidents of violence are represented as an indication of a profound social crisis that imperils the nation.” But that was in 1997.
- Canadian Association of Black Journalists: “These incidents of violence and loss of life threaten all of us . This is not just a Black issue. It is one for all of Canadian society, and we must respond to it as a Canadian issue, rather than trying to duck responsibility by making it only a Black issue.”
- Prime Martin is having a 40-minute meeting with community groups re: gun violence solutions.
- Has anyone suggested banning guns within city limits?

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  • Ian

    About banning guns within city limits… The handguns that are being used in these shootings are not just banned within city limits, they are restricted or prohibited throughout Canada. Currently, it is a crime just to to possess these guns, nevermind use them in the commission of a crime.
    It is important to understand that most (if not all) of the handguns used in these shootings are already totally illegal to own right now.

  • Matty

    It’s also important to understand that the police as a service are in no way claiming that officers should be allowed to brandish weapons at peaceful rallys, as implied above. That, along with improper use of their uniform, is in fact the reason why the officers in questions are facing disciplinary action.

  • Josh

    police are as self-interested as any other corporation. so they look out for their own needs. um.

  • C

    Do you really think that those cats shooting each other would give a shit about whether or not their handgun is banned within the city limits? HAHA I believe that that would probably be the least of their problems. I suspect that generally the guys shooting each other are involved in some shady activities and therefore this would be the least of their activities.