Thankful for strong gun laws in Canada

Dear Editor,

This is a letter about the use and ownership of guns. Since the Conservative government got rid of the long gun registry there has been nothing put forward to replace it! That has got to change and we should set up another registry for small arms including hand guns. For a long time the people of this province especially have thought that most of the guns that fall into the criminal element were smuggled into this country. That is not the case. Barely half of the guns used by criminals are smuggled into this country from the States! Most of them are legally owned by persons that purchase a dozen or so guns and sell them for a profit to the criminal element. This has got to stop or we will be just like the States and mass shootings will become the norm!

I have found out in the last few days that the gun lobby in Canada is just as strong as the gun lobby in America. The gun lobby in Canada wants to make our gun laws as obsolete and as risk free as in the States! That is all on the Conservative government. Thank God we have the gun laws we do or we would be in the same boat as the States! Thank goodness it takes as many steps that it does to get a hand gun! Also thank goodness we have a vote on Bill C-42 coming up so that owning a gun will be much harder.

Ron Horner