Canadian Liberals: Evil NRA Attacking Canada
Bloomberg via Businessweek.com reported that David McGuinty, a Liberal Party lawmaker, has called out the ruling Conservative Party to clarify any links with the NRA. This comes as the Conservative Party has announced that it would eliminate the long gun registry in Canada.
According to the story:
“The NRA has been involved in efforts to scrap the Canadian registry for a decade, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported today.” Read more
NY Times Editorial Questions SCOTUS Ruling
Leave it to The New York Times to offer its share of sour grapes in response to this week’s Supreme Court ruling. The paper’s editorial only painted the dark side of guns:
“Rather than acknowledging Chicago’s — and the nation’s — need to end an epidemic of gun violence, the justices spent scores of pages in the decision analyzing which legal theory should bind the Second Amendment to the states.”
We could say the same thing about this reporting. Rather than acknowledging that guns have been used in self-defense in Chicago, the Times only notes that criminals are all too often armed. Likewise, we wonder why the editors at the old gray lady seem to believe that criminals will somehow have more guns because of this ruling?
But here is another spin from the Times that we seriously question:
“Mayors and state lawmakers will have to use all of that room and keep adopting the most restrictive possible gun laws — to protect the lives of Americans and aid the work of law enforcement officials. They should continue to impose background checks, limit bulk gun purchases, regulate dealers, close gun-show loopholes.”
This is about the Second Amendment, so how would the editors feel if mayors and state lawmakers would have the rule for adopting rules that restricted the First Amendment, namely the one guaranteeing a free press? But back to our original point: this law promises to maintain the rights of law-abiding citizens. This is the part that just amazes us.
Why does anyone think that laws aimed at law-abiding citizens will affect anyone else? Criminals already aren’t following the rules. No amount of background checks, limits to bulk gun purchases, regulation of dealers or so-called gun show loopholes are going to stop criminals intent on getting guns. Bank robbers rob banks because that’s where the money is, and criminals who use guns will find ways to obtain said guns because it is a tool of their trade. Why should law-abiding citizens continue to be punished?
California Assemblyman Wants Mandatory Long Gun Registration
CBSNews.com is reporting something that is a little alarming:
“California Democrat is proposing a new law requiring residents to register their shotguns and rifles or go to jail, CBSNews.com has learned.
”Assemblyman Mike Feuer, whose district includes Beverly Hill and West Hollywood, this week introduced legislation ordering law enforcement to ‘permanently keep’ records of anyone who buys a gun from a dealer or an individual. California already stores information about handgun purchases.”
Thank you to CBSNews.com’s Declan McCullagh for posting about this. It seems most of the mainstream media isn’t reporting on this story.
Calgary Daily News Questions Gun Laws North of the Border
Are people really safer if they are murdered with a knife instead of being shot by a gun? That’s an interesting question, and one brought up by The Calgary Herald this week. The paper notes that while murder by firearms have fallen since gun registration was put in place, “substitution” has increased, meaning that people are still finding ways to kill or commit suicide. The big question is why this type of common sense reporting is never considered by the American mainstream media?
