Gun ownership is a net benefit to society

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The reason why the “concept of a gun registry has taken root across the
country” and many Canadians want “more gun control” is because they
have
been continuously lied to and bamboozled into thinking these measures
actually have any effect on reducing crime, by liberals, leftists and
anti-gun extremists.

They most assuredly do not!

On top of that, most such surveys ask incredibly simplistic questions of
a largely uninformed populace – is it any wonder you get simplistic
answers? That’s why they are called “opinion polls”, not “fact polls”.

Prof. Gary Mauser conducted an in-depth study on the attitudes of
Canadians about “gun control” and found the vast majority had no idea
how strict the current gun laws already were, and didn’t know what “more
gun control” actually entailed.

To them, it just sounded good.

Guns are used by Canadians to defend oneself, others, and private
property between 60,000 and 80,000 times each year. For every life lost
to guns, 40 are saved.

States in the U.S. that pass “Shall Issue” concealed carry licences to
law-abiding citizens for self-defence see a drop in confrontational
crime on an average of 24 per cent. Boys who are given guns by their
parents grow up to commit fewer crimes than those who get guns
illegally, and even those who get no guns at all. Gun ownership is a net
benefit to society.

There already are, and have been for centuries, laws that deal with the
criminal use of weapons, such as threatening someone with a gun,
assaulting someone with a gun, robbing someone with a gun, pointing a
gun at someone, shooting a gun at someone, and killing someone with a
gun.

If these laws were properly enforced, and those who committed them dealt
with effectively by the courts, there would be no need for “controlling”
guns.

The fact of the matter is that so-called “gun control” laws are costly,
useless, onerous, draconian, and only target law-abiding gun owners.

They simply do not achieve their stated goals – reducing crime – because
they do not deal effectively with real criminals who commit real crimes
against others.

“Gun control” is not “crime control”. Canadians need to be informed
of
this fact, so they can make a rational response when contacted by
pollsters.

Bruce N. Mills Dundas, Ont.