There is a federally funded anti-firearms ad running lately (in the middle of Nova Scotias’ provincial election. No coincidence.) that is intentionally misleading.
You know the one.
Some facts:
From the National Police Federation -
• In the last decade, handguns have been the primary firearm used in gun-related homicides. In 2019, over 60 percent of the 261 homicides committed with a firearm involved a handgun. These firearms are either already prohibited or restricted in Canada, illustrating the issue of the complexity of illegal firearms usage.
• The 2020 “assault” or “assault-style” firearms ban does not alter the status of handguns in Canada. In fact, “assault” or “assault-style” is not a legal weapons classification in Canada – they are colloquial terms to describe high-power and rapid-fire guns (often used by the military) that are mostly already banned in Canada.
• Canada shares the world’s longest undefended border with the world’s largest manufacturer of small arms: The United States. In 2019 alone, 2,242 illegally sold guns used in crimes in Canada were traced back to manufacturers in the United States.i In April 2020, 22 people including RCMP Constable Heidi Stephenson lost their lives in a tragic mass shooting in which all firearms used were illegally obtained. Of the four firearms used, three were obtained illegally from the United States,ii and the gunman did not have a Possession and Acquisition firearms license, making his possession of any firearm illegal.
Costly and current legislation, such as the Order in Council prohibiting various firearms and the proposed “buy-back” program by the federal government targeted at legal firearm owners, does not address these current and emerging themes or urgent threats to public safety.
It also does not address:
criminal activity,
illegal firearms proliferation, gang crime,
illegal guns crossing the border or the criminal use of firearms.
In fact, it diverts extremely important personnel, resources, and funding away from addressing
the more immediate and growing threat of criminal use of illegal firearms.
Read the entire document, complete with references, here:
https://npfcontent.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Gun-Violence-and-Public-Safety-in-Canada-PS-Final-EN.pdfDo not bow to disingenuous politicized fear tactics.
“…I can tell you / my cottage love is really strong / after the jerk-offs of summer have gone.” (with apologies to Don Henley)