I did some research to back up some of my arguments and came across a great little page on the Statistics Canada website. They have a collection of statistical data concerning gun crime in Canada.
What was really curious was the rate of decline in homicides by rifles and shotguns:
The long gun registry went into effect in 2001. However, if you look at the stats, rifle and shotgun murders were already in a steep decline leading up to the registry being enacted. In fact the drop is far more significant in the years preceding.
And yet the Lefties want us to believe that the registry is important and money should be spent on it even if the rate of decline in long gun murder has slowed down ever since.
Now compare this to the Lefties and their attack on the Harper government's plans to spend more money on prisons. Of course they're using every chance they can to play the US boogeyman card. But their main bone of contention is that crime is decreasing, so why spend more money on prisons?
It's interesting to watch the hypocrisy of saying we should spend more money on long gun registration during a time when long gun murder was already rapidly declining while saying that because the crime rate appears to be going down (though it's not even close to levels from 40 to 50 years ago) spending money on prisons is pointless.
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Any idea how the "gun crime" stats are gathered? What groups of people are included or excluded? I find it hard to believe that very many shootings occur in which a hunting rifle is used.
I wonder if the stats merely reflect the oft-used police statement that "firearms were involved" in a crime,even if the firearm was only found stored in a closet in a grow-op.
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