As has already been said, nice post…but…..Pabulum, pabulum, pabulum. Good pablum, well written, but pabulum none the less. "In a fully functional society - ills of excess and greed, of capitalism. An open, ecompassing society complete with a social consciousness needs not guns or a control on guns." "It's much easier to quote useless slogans - posture behind some philosophical stance and feel good about it."
There are already attempts in place to limit (read prohibit) the illegal use of force. In countries where crime flourishes and firearms are not universally available, sticks, stones and assorted farm implements become the weapons of choice. The common denominator is not the weapon, it’s the criminal.
Here, because of the global availability of firearms and the means to transport them, we're not going to get rid of guns. What we have to do is get rid of the criminals. There are probably only 100-200, if that, that are the root cause of the problem, which in many cases is some deadly & twisted social pecking order thing. It’s a horrid thing that a small gang of thugs holds an entire city hostage.
What we have in Toronto is crime out of control and until the crime is brought under control and I fear that it's going to get worse before it gets better, this is going to go on. Voting against programs to involve the youth in Canadian society, against taking the perps. off the street for a 2 year minimum mandatory for gun crimes, is tilting at windmills. Hard people doing hard things, require hard solutions. It’s always been so, and we, my erudite friend are no different.
Pat