The notion that because gun control laws won’t be absolutely 100% effective at stopping gun crimes means that gun control laws are useless is silly. If gun control laws caused shootings to go down by even 10%, that’s a success. Any mitigation of harm is a good thing, especially, as is the case with gun laws, where you’re not losing anything by enacting them. The logic some people have when it comes to guns, it’s like saying chemotherapy would only be 80% effective, so I just won’t get the treatment since there’s a 20% chance I’ll still die. It’s a complete fallacy, and it’s mentally lazy.
It’s also incredibly disingenuous to compare Toronto to the U.S.. We have a few dozen shootings in a bad year. In some cities in the U.S., you could get that in a week. We also haven’t had mass shootings like they constantly have down there. We’re the mouse to America’s elephant in terms of gun violence. The numbers aren’t even close.
It’s also incredibly disingenuous to compare Toronto to the U.S.. We have a few dozen shootings in a bad year. In some cities in the U.S., you could get that in a week. We also haven’t had mass shootings like they constantly have down there. We’re the mouse to America’s elephant in terms of gun violence. The numbers aren’t even close.