Canada: Layton promises urban gun control
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:52 pm
Linkarooni - it's all those dirty, nasty URBAN guns causing all that crime, isn't it?
Layton promises urban gun control
If elected prime minister, NDP leader would allow municipalities and provinces to ban handguns
Sep 22, 2008 04:30 AM
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Robert Benzie
Queen's Park Bureau Chief
GATINEAU, Que.–The killing of an innocent fruit vendor during a gunfight on a bustling Toronto street "steeled" the resolve of NDP Leader Jack Layton to outlaw handguns.
Layton said yesterday if he's elected Prime Minister on Oct. 14 he would empower provinces, cities, and towns to impose handgun bans.
Heeding calls from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Toronto Mayor David Miller to outlaw the easily concealed weapons, the Toronto Danforth MP said he has lost too many constituents to gun violence.
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