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From: jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Guns and Money (was Re: Canadian culture, etc.)
Message-ID: <2762@hcrvx2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 10:21:06 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 26 10:21:06 1987
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References: <183@fornax.uucp> <840@mprvaxa.UUCP> <188@fornax.uucp> <2751@hcrvx2.UUCP> <174@arcsun.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
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Summary: 

In article <174@arcsun.UUCP> rob@arcsun.UUCP writes:
>In article <2751@hcrvx2.UUCP>, jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson) writes:
>> >... Compare the crime rates and the rates of ownership
>> >of handguns, and again you see cultural values being manifest.
>> 
>> Handguns are effectively illegal in Canada so it seems rather unlikely
>> that Canadians would magically develop an affinity for them due to free
>> trade; especially since this country was not borne out of a revolution
>> nor did it have a "wild west" frontier type past.
>
>Some Canadians do have an affinity for handguns. The fact that they are
>essentially illegal keeps them from foisting their affinity on the rest of
>us. On the other hand, why should the U.S. weapons industry sit back quietly
>when a supposed "free" trade agreement will not let them sell us a product
>which is legal in the U.S.? In all likelihood, the gun lobbyists will use the
>Americans natural love of firearms to get handgun laws on the bargaining
>table. In a wild-west town like Calgary, the thought of easier access to
>guns is scary.

Considering that handguns are illegal in New York state I don't think
Canada would have any problems defending her position.

J.B. Robinson