Archive for February 6th, 2010
self-defense in canada
Why do Canadians blame Americans for Canadian gun crime?
I've heard some Canadians blame the United States for gun crime in Canada, because if someone goes across the border, buys a gun and takes it back into Canada and kills someone with it - apparently that's the fault of Americans. The law in the United States is that people have the right to own a gun. It's in the constitution. That’s not the case in Canada. Guns are not legal there (for self defense purposes). If that's the law in Canada... it's up to the Canadian government to enforce that law, it‘s not up to us to make sure guns don‘t get into Canada. If someone smuggles a gun into Canada, you can't blame the U.S. for that.
Good point. As a Canadian I see it your way. Now can you start telling Americans to stop blaming Canada for Terrorists in the US that YOU let into your country, and didn't even pass through Canada. But somehow we are to blame. And stop blaming Canada for the pot that is smuggled into the US. It wouldn't even be grown here if there wasn't a market to sell it there. And don't blame us for the American youth that come up to Canada to drink because they are old enough here, just because they aren't old enough there... Oh, and stop blaming Canada for not being in Iraq. Sorry we didn't declare war on them, but if you wanted us there you should have thought of that when you independently invaded without UN back up. But quit whining about it, we are in Afghanistan.
