11-12-05, 03:34
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Derek Heuring
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Corinth, Texas
Posts: 2,018
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Re: Handgun 'ban'
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Originally posted by Brian Gough
The rifle and shotgun registry was all politics, too. It grew out of reaction to the murder of 14 Montreal women by Marc Lepine. Lepine was crazy, which is tough to outlaw. What he did, and the repeater weapon he used, was already illegal — banned, even. That didn't matter much in the debate on the shotgun registry, just as for some it won't matter now that what killers in Toronto did this summer, and the guns they used, were already illegal. Martin got what he wanted — top broadcast and newspaper play, a few days running.
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Correction: The Ruger Mini 14 that Marc Lepine used to murder the women was neither restricted nor prohibited at the time.
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