Dear Editor,

Re: [Our Views: Gun ban a test case, 91原创 Advance Times, Oct. 27]

Writer M.C. appears as a 鈥榣ittle kid with a new toy鈥� in the article about Canada鈥檚 new gun ban becoming a 鈥榯est case鈥�. Typical total tunnelvision!

For one thing, a 鈥榯est鈥� is not necessary, and for another, one cannot compare the U.S. with Canada, a country which holds 10 times less population than does the U.S. That is simply comparing 鈥榓pples vs. oranges鈥�.

The U.S. has far more people jammed within that country鈥檚 areas than does Canada, which therefore forces people in the U.S. to have many more interactions.

As well, most homicides in the U.S. happen in the states that are all along the Mexican/U.S. border as the extreme heat plays a part, a heat that most inhabitants in Canada would not have to suffer through.

Also, realize that Mexico, which has as many handgun control laws as does Canada, until today, has an even higher homicide rate than does the U.S.

We do notice that writer didn鈥檛 compare Mexico to Canada. Hmmm?

A 鈥楥ountry costly test鈥�? There鈥檚 no need for that. Do the research! I did, and have been doing it on this very subject of firearm homicides and gun control for decades.

Okay, let鈥檚 say this 鈥榯est鈥�, this handgun ban, did work? Well, since they cannot get handguns, that would certainly 鈥榝orce鈥� tomorrow鈥檚 would-be killers to come after us with rifles and shotguns, and they certainly won鈥檛 miss their human targets as much!

In the recent Uvalde, Texas, case the rifleman killed over 20 people before it was over. There was Columbine, the recent Chicago, Illinois, parade killings, etc., etc., and in Canada, there was Mayerthorpe, the recent Saanich bank robbery shootings, Montreal Polytechnique 鈥� all done with rifles. And rifles were also used in the Nova Scotia killings. Do we really want more of that?

鈥淚f it saves one life鈥� says our tunnelvisioned Minister Mendicino about Bill C-21.

Well, the U.S. Conceal and Carry allowance laws started in the early 1990s, and in 1991 the U.S. homicide rate had reached well over nine per 100,000. It took more than a decade to insert C and C in all the U.S. States. Illinois was the last State to do so. When all states had a form of C and C, the homicide rate in the U.S. dropped to 4.4 per 100,000! (U.S Bureau of Justice and Disaster Center stats.) Their handguns have saved many, many lives over these later years in that country!

There鈥檚 no need for any costly 鈥渢est.鈥� Please, use your brains, do some research, that is, research without being 鈥榯unnelvisioned鈥�. And, thanks for listening.

Dennis Robinson, Burnaby

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