Friday, July 4, 2008

ILLEGAL GUNS ENTER CANADA FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!

Canada is in dire need of effective leadership and Corporate Governance with regards to gun control. Perhaps we should take advice from Toronto Mayor David Miller who wants Ottawa to exert diplomatic pressure on Washington. As Mayor Miller noted if there is lack of control regarding guns in the US, THE PROBLEM will filter through Canada via loopholes like “blue-steel highway right up the U.S. from places where it's easy to get guns to the northeast U.S. and to Canada. Mayor Miller is correct in stating that Canada should make it a national security issue. As Mayor Miller noted there is a direct correlation between the weak U.S. gun laws and people dying on the streets of Canada." This seems a simple deduction and as citizens one would expect the Canadian Government to take a stand and stop dragging their feet with regard to instituting regulations AND ENFORCING THESE REGULATIONS! According to Yahoo news reporter “Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day noted that “any regulation that comes up for review, especially one that's been on the books but never implemented for a number of years, is always addressed to make sure it's current," Day says. If we were current why was a second time offender (according to Yahoo news) “Curtis Coleman caught red-handed smuggling a shipment of guns into Canada from the U.S. again?” Perhaps the slap on the wrist is not enough to curtail this sort of behavior in Canada.
“Mounties found them with backpacks carrying three dozen guns, including two machine pistols, 24 diamonds and US$100,000 cash. Coleman was convicted of smuggling and possessing prohibited or restricted firearms and deported after serving most of a two-year sentence. This time he pleaded guilty to a single count of being in a vehicle with the contraband guns. The judge condemned him for his role in trafficking guns that put the Canadian public at risk and he drew 36 months, less time served awaiting trial” (http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080703/national/gun_smugglingThu Jul 3, 3:31 PM). How many lives need to be lost before ANY OR ALL OF the enforcement AGENCIES; THE JUDICAL SYSTEM AND THE Canadian Government, ACTUALLY TAKE A STAND!!!

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