Surprise! Liberal Canucks Want to Ban Guns

Gun violence in Canada is spiralling out of control!

So far this year some 50 young men -- most of them black -- have been shot dead in Toronto

50 men? Dear God! That must be almost half the population of Toronto!

"I've come to the conclusion that significant change is needed. I've come to the conclusion that we should ban handguns," said Paul Martin at a rally.

But I thought you solved the gun violence problem with the national gun registry. Oh wait. That was just so you'd know who had firearms so you could ban them, right? Too bad hardly anybody bothered to register! So the solution must be to pass some more laws that nobody's going to obey, right?

Some government officials blame the problem in part on smuggling of handguns from neighboring United States.

So by their own admission, banning guns won't solve the problem? Funny how banning something with laws never seems to make the problem go away, does it? My only question is this: have the proponents of gun bans ever considered studying the cases of other countries that have tried the same thing? You know, just to measure whether your proposed legislation will have the desired effect?