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Canadian Tories Shoot Down Handgun Ban, Stand By Lawful Gun Owners
19 January 2008
Winnipeg Sun (Manitoba)
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has rebuffed calls for a ban on handguns, insisting tougher jail terms, more police and strict border security will win the war against gun violence in Canada's cities.
Calling the death of an innocent bystander in Toronto "very tragic," Day said penalizing law-abiding firearm owners won't stop the scourge of street shootings.
"It would be counter-productive," he told Sun Media in an interview. "The handgun situation in Canada... (GunPolicy.org)
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