BAMBI
Let's deal with Bambi first.
The Liberals have caught O'Toole and his fellow Tories off guard. The Conservatives want to protect legitimate gun owners - farmers, hunters and such and are right to do so. The problem though is that the Tory Platform provides for cancelling the Liberal Ban against Assault Rifles. And for this they are wrong since one does not need an AK 47 to bring down Bambi.
But in pointing this flaw out, the Liberals are once again showing themselves to be Hypocrites...since the issue of gun violence in our society does not pertain to Rifles...or even Assault Rifles per se but to handguns and more specifically to handguns smuggled in from the United States and used by Criminals here in Canada. Liberal Legislation does not address this serious problem one iota ... as they know full well. Nor does it stop Trudeau from bragging how tough his Government is on banning guns. Handguns have been banned long before Trudeau was even born and have become ever more a problem for police and society since.
In fact, the murder rate by handguns is up ... just shy of 80%, since the Liberals came to power in 2015.
And who does Trudeau put front and centre to defend their ineffective policy...why none other than His Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair a.k.a. the past Chief of Police for Canada's largest City ..Toronto. If anyone knows that smuggled handguns are causing the carnage it is Blair and yet he refuses to acknowledge this fact just like his Boss J.T.
So who is more at fault - O'Toole and his Tories for saying they will remove the Ban on Assault Rifles or Trudeau and his fellow Liberals who say that everything possible is being done to reduce murder by handgun when in fact diddly squat is being done. You decide.
And this would be bad enough, but Trudeau and Company have also legislated the removal of Minimum Sentences for Crimes involving Handguns - Minimum Sentences that the previous Tory Government under Stephen Harper introduced years ago. So not only are the Liberal Provisions ineffective, but Sentences for Criminals are much less severe.
So if I was O'Toole and when I got asked about his so-called inconsistent stance on the banning or not banning of assault rifles I would reply as follows:
I am so glad that you asked this question since the real issue here is not our farmers and hunters having possession of lawful rifles rather the issue pertains to handguns being smuggled into our Country from the United States and used by criminal elements for their nefarious purposes including murder. In fact, the murder rate by handguns is up nearly 80% since Prime Minister Trudeau was elected in 2015.
Well what about assault rifles?
Again, our focus is on the elimination of illegal handguns which are causing the carnage and on bringing the full force of the Criminal Law down on these callous criminals including reinstating minimum sentences which the Prime Minister and His Government revoked.
Next Question Please...
O'Toole has the Truth on his side...use it.
As I see It...
K.D. Galagher
