Letter: Gun laws don’t work
Date: Jan 13, 2007 12:55 PM
PUBLICATION: The Record (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo)
DATE: 2007.01.12
EDITION: Final
SECTION: OPINION
PAGE: A10
BYLINE: Richard Hardman
WORD COUNT: 150

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Gun laws don’t work

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I must thank Gary Geensen (Man Gets House Arrest For Gun Incident –
Jan. 6) for again showing us that Canada’s firearms laws do not prevent
firearms from falling into the hands of criminals.

The acceptance by the Crown of a guilty plea to careless use of a
sawed-off shotgun was no doubt the result of brilliant negotiation by
Geensen’s defence counsel, James Marentette. If I ever get charged with
violating a gun law — and that won’t happen — I’m calling Marentette.

Did Geensen and other lawbreakers receive a “strong message” as Justice
Epstein intended? I doubt it.

It is against the law: to buy any gun without possessing a firearms
licence; to possess an unregistered firearm; to store a loaded and
unlocked firearm; to store a prohibited firearm in a gym bag in the
garage; to buy shotgun ammunition without having a firearms licence.

Geensen’s moronic behaviour could have easily killed his wife or son.

Why did he buy the gun a year ago? What were his intentions then?

Richard Hardman, Kitchener

The Second Amendment IS Homeland Security !