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Canada's Competing Views on Guns Reinforce Town and Country Divide
6 November 2009
Globe & Mail (Toronto)
Different reactions. Divergent visions of a country.
Wednesday's vote in the House of Commons to abolish the long-gun registry reinforced the divide between rural Canada and its metropolitan centres.
While it was a good news day for hunters in small communities like Tarbutt Township, population 450, in Montreal there was dismay.
"For city people, this registry is important, it's a relevant tool to fight crime," said Pierreson Vaval, director of a Montreal outreach... (GunPolicy.org)