On December 6th 1989, Marc Lapine unleashed unspeakable horror on the women of Montréal’s École Polytechnique. As a father the hairs on my neck stand up when I think of that unimaginable horror that occurred that day. However, the response from the Canadian government could not have been more counter productive. Their solution, rather than crack down on gangs and psychopaths, was to immediately bring down unimaginable pressure on the law-bidding citizens of this country. We already had in place a licensing system that could be used by police to track gun owners. At that time firearms owners had respect for the laws of the land and fully compliant with the letter of the law. In the end comes Bill C-68, the most contentious piece of legislation in Canadian history. Law bidding citizens saw it as a slap in the face, and a threat to their way of life. Criminals were delighted, for now there was a central database into which they could try and hack and create a virtual shopping list for would be thieves. Then in a further stroke of genius, the registry was handed over to Ekos. Am I the only one who can see a problem with this? It is easy to imagine how a corrupt employee (or police officer for that matter) could stand to benefit substantially from this information to be sold on the black market. That is not to say that it has happened. However, when a Toronto lawyer has 30 guns stolen from his apartment while he is in hospital, it begs an answer to the question. On the other side of the coin we have those who make a substantial living trying to portray me as a gun owner as some kind of wacko who cares nothing for public safety. I’m sorry. I have three teenage daughters. Their safety is my number on concern. I don’t see a threat to them from legally owned and properly stored firearms. Maybe Canada should get off its politically correct ass, and go after the people who are responsible for the violence in this country and leave the rest of us alone. Remember one thing. We are not the problem, but we can be part of the solution
