Reply #10: Your second link goes to the article about Toronto's mayor banning shooting ranges [View All]

[krispos42]

Mayor David Miller wants to close recreational shooting ranges in Toronto, along with giving the city power to block gun manufacturers and wholesalers from opening new plants or warehouses.

"Nobody can deny that hobby directly results in people being shot and killed on the streets of our city," Miller said of sport shooting yesterday, amid debate on a possible gun bylaw.

Canadian Olympic pistol shooter and downtown resident Avianna Chao begs to differ. She says that if Miller gets his way, it could mean an end to her sport – and it won't make the streets one bit safer.

Miller wants to terminate leases with two gun clubs that have shooting ranges on city property, one at Union Station, the other at Don Montgomery community centre.

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/431333

Which in part proves the cartoon. Increasing the burden on people that own guns, hoping that year after year fewer people will bother to own them and that the reduced ownership rates will in turn reduce gang violence and smuggling.

The proposals and plans mentioned in the first link might help without burdening gun owners, disproving part of the cartoon.

I do wonder, though, if Canada's (as well as some Eurpean countries) crime and homicide rates are bumping up against some inherent limit that seems to be about the minimum achievable.