Comments on: Looking back at guns in Toronto http://itellstories.org/2008/06/03/toronto-handgun-ban/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Creating Content: June 8 | Eloquation http://itellstories.org/2008/06/03/toronto-handgun-ban/#comment-857 Creating Content: June 8 | Eloquation Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:21:42 +0000 http://eloquation.com/?p=453#comment-857 [...] create content in other places than Eloquation. And if posts about guns, résumés, and TTC redesigns aren’t enough for you, here’s a quick look at [...] […] create content in other places than Eloquation. And if posts about guns, résumés, and TTC redesigns aren’t enough for you, here’s a quick look at […]

]]> By: Sameer Vasta http://itellstories.org/2008/06/03/toronto-handgun-ban/#comment-858 Sameer Vasta Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:12:21 +0000 http://eloquation.com/?p=453#comment-858 I think there's a distinction between being anti-gun and being against the use of guns as illegal firearms. You've done a good job of delineating that distinction here Sean. I think there’s a distinction between being anti-gun and being against the use of guns as illegal firearms. You’ve done a good job of delineating that distinction here Sean.

]]> By: Sean Galbraith http://itellstories.org/2008/06/03/toronto-handgun-ban/#comment-859 Sean Galbraith Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:52:35 +0000 http://eloquation.com/?p=453#comment-859 Personally, I favour more education about guns and less scaremongering about the actual threat of being shot in this city. Back in the proverbial day I was very anti-gun. But then I learned how to shoot handguns (lived in Florida) and how to respect guns, and their power and mystery went away. And even at Toronto's peak, the media driven scarefest Summer of the Gun, you were more likely to die in just about any other fashion than you were by being shot. I think only shark attacks were more unlikely. On Metro Morning, Andy asked Miller why not ban knives and shut down cooking schools because more people are stabbed in the city than shot (many more). Miller said the notion was silly. He's more right than he knew. All efforts should be taken to combat illegal guns in the city, and elsewhere. But legal gun ownership is a right that should not be taken away for local political expediancy. (note: I don't own a gun and have no plans to) Personally, I favour more education about guns and less scaremongering about the actual threat of being shot in this city.

Back in the proverbial day I was very anti-gun. But then I learned how to shoot handguns (lived in Florida) and how to respect guns, and their power and mystery went away.

And even at Toronto’s peak, the media driven scarefest Summer of the Gun, you were more likely to die in just about any other fashion than you were by being shot. I think only shark attacks were more unlikely.

On Metro Morning, Andy asked Miller why not ban knives and shut down cooking schools because more people are stabbed in the city than shot (many more). Miller said the notion was silly. He’s more right than he knew. All efforts should be taken to combat illegal guns in the city, and elsewhere. But legal gun ownership is a right that should not be taken away for local political expediancy. (note: I don’t own a gun and have no plans to)

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