Tracker
01-08-2006, 07:43 AM
BELLEVUE, WA – Reacting to the accusation from Canadian Prime
Minister Paul Martin that the United States is "exporting
violence," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said Martin is trying to scapegoat an
entire nation for his own failed leadership, and for crimes
committed by his own citizens.
"On the same day that Prime Minister Martin was blaming the
United States for his country's crime problem," noted CCRKBA
Executive Director Joe Waldron, "CNN reported on a border
arrest of two Canadian residents who were detained for trying
to re-enter the country with handguns and ammunition concealed
on their bodies.
"Ali Dirie and Yasin Mohamed are not Irish Americans from
Boston, but residents of Toronto," Waldron said, "apparently
trying to import guns illegally. And now that Mr. Martin has
announced his plan to ban handguns in Canada, black market gun
running is liable to take off just the same as illegal export
of Canadian liquor into the United States during Prohibition,
and with just as much success for the criminal underground in
both countries.
"Canadian handgun sales have already climbed in anticipation
of this ban, according to wire service reports," Waldron
continued. "What Martin and other Liberals in Canada don't
seem to grasp, or maybe they just don't care, is that a ban is
only going to take guns out of the hands of law-abiding
citizens. Criminals will still get guns, and Martin will
continue blaming the United States for his administration's
monumental failure to address a growing crime problem.
"Isn't it curious that crime has been climbing in Canada at
the same time the Liberal government under Martin and his
predecessor has been squandering billions of dollars on the
gun registration fiasco," Waldron observed. "Martin and his
Liberal cronies may not want to admit it, but gun rights
activists down here in the states predicted this would happen
from the outset. Canadian gun owners forecast the same thing,
insisting that registering their guns would not prevent
violent crime. Turns out gun owners were right, and all Martin
can think of is taking further sanctions against his
law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to actually reduce
crime.
"It's all flash, and no substance," Waldron concluded. "The
Prime Minister has no real solution to crime, so he blames
honest gun owners and his good neighbor to the south for his
government's failures."
Minister Paul Martin that the United States is "exporting
violence," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and
Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said Martin is trying to scapegoat an
entire nation for his own failed leadership, and for crimes
committed by his own citizens.
"On the same day that Prime Minister Martin was blaming the
United States for his country's crime problem," noted CCRKBA
Executive Director Joe Waldron, "CNN reported on a border
arrest of two Canadian residents who were detained for trying
to re-enter the country with handguns and ammunition concealed
on their bodies.
"Ali Dirie and Yasin Mohamed are not Irish Americans from
Boston, but residents of Toronto," Waldron said, "apparently
trying to import guns illegally. And now that Mr. Martin has
announced his plan to ban handguns in Canada, black market gun
running is liable to take off just the same as illegal export
of Canadian liquor into the United States during Prohibition,
and with just as much success for the criminal underground in
both countries.
"Canadian handgun sales have already climbed in anticipation
of this ban, according to wire service reports," Waldron
continued. "What Martin and other Liberals in Canada don't
seem to grasp, or maybe they just don't care, is that a ban is
only going to take guns out of the hands of law-abiding
citizens. Criminals will still get guns, and Martin will
continue blaming the United States for his administration's
monumental failure to address a growing crime problem.
"Isn't it curious that crime has been climbing in Canada at
the same time the Liberal government under Martin and his
predecessor has been squandering billions of dollars on the
gun registration fiasco," Waldron observed. "Martin and his
Liberal cronies may not want to admit it, but gun rights
activists down here in the states predicted this would happen
from the outset. Canadian gun owners forecast the same thing,
insisting that registering their guns would not prevent
violent crime. Turns out gun owners were right, and all Martin
can think of is taking further sanctions against his
law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to actually reduce
crime.
"It's all flash, and no substance," Waldron concluded. "The
Prime Minister has no real solution to crime, so he blames
honest gun owners and his good neighbor to the south for his
government's failures."