There has been a lot of gun violence in Canada’s biggest cities as of late. In response, Paul Martin has unveiled his party’s newest anti-crime strategy: ban all hand guns.
Under the Chretien administration the Liberals had previously implemented a billion-dollar “gun registry” program, in which every gun owning Canadian had to register with this elaborate bureaucracy. But for some reason that didn’t stop violent gun crime among criminals. I’m sure a flat out ban will be much more effective, since we all know how respectful of Canadian law criminals are.