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     Subject: Lorne Gunter speaks on TV
       Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:46:28 -0700
 Organization: National Firearms Association

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From: Lorne Gunter [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: November 14, 2001 4:10 PM
To: AAA
Subject: ALERT: Gunter on Guns on Global
 

At the end of each evening's Global National newscast (which airs at 6:30
p.m. local time in most communities) is a commentary segment known as The
Last Word. I will appear tonight (November 14th) to talk about the 21% rise in gun murders
that has occurred since the Liberals' gun registry came into effect inDecember 1988.

Below is a transcript of my commentary:

Since the federal firearms registry began operations in 1998, the number of
murders committed with guns in Canada has risen 21 per cent. That's right,
the number has gone UP more than one-fifth.

In an effort to sell their scheme to Canadians, the Liberals promised the
opposite would happen. Let us register every gun and gun owner in the
country, they pledged, and Canadians will be much safer.

However, while the overall number of murders has declined by six per cent,
the number of murders committed with guns has risen 21 per cent. And that
despite the nearly 700 million tax dollars the Liberals have spent.

There are two other surprises in Statistics Canada's homicide statistics,
released last week: First, handguns now account for nearly 60 per cent of
firearms murders, even though federal law has required Canadians to register
their handguns since 1934. And second, more than two-thirds of murderers
have previous criminal records, as do more than half of murder victims.

The typical Canadian murderer is not an otherwise law-abiding duck hunter
with a shotgun who shoots his wife in a rage. He is a violent criminal with
a smuggled handgun who kills another drug dealer or gang member. No gun
registry, no matter how much it costs, can stop that kind of criminal.

I'm Lorne Gunter and that's the Last Word.
 

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Lorne Gunter
Columnist, The Edmonton Journal
Editorial Board Member, The National Post
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