So the Feds are talking about restricting gun ownership further, I get that it’s an easy way to score political points by going after legal gun owners, I just wish everyone would realize it wouldn’t have stopped the Danforth shooting last month.  The loser’s brother was a drug dealer and had associates who had a bunch of illegal guns, I still fail to see how more rules and regulations on legal owners would do anything.

The federal government has already said it would consider a number of different ways to crack down further on handguns, including empowering municipalities to do so – a commitment Blair reiterated this week.

He also cited measures already included in Bill C-71, which proposes to tighten certain regulations on gun ownership laws, including expanded background checks on would-be gun owners, stronger record-keeping by retailers and requiring buyers to first present a firearms licence.

Source: Global News

Neither of the above discussed items would have stopped the loser (I will call all mass shooters or terrorists this moving forward) from acquiring a gun.  If the government or us as a society want to deal with the problem with shootings we need to deal with the underlying issues, what is causing people to act out in a violent manner?

Of course those questions are much harder to answer and will take a lot longer, it’s just easier for those in charge to blame guns.