Toronto nix's proposed bullet ban

Do-gooder councillor Adam Vaughn saw his proposed law to ban the sale and storage of bullets within the city limits get short shrift at a meeting of the city's executive committee today.

Vaughn hatched his proposal after a recent shoot-out between two wannabe gangsters that killed two and injured over twenty, none of whom were the shooters, thereby proving that both gangsters and the NYPD could benefit from a few more hours practice time at a shooting range.

This kind of well-intentioned foolishness normally gets considerable traction in Toronto, so I'm not sure what went wrong here. Maybe folks are coming to their senses.

The gang boys shooting up downtown Toronto don't buy their guns or their ammunition through legitimate channels, so such a move would do absolutely nothing to curb the proliferation of illegal hand-guns or the frequency of their use.

What it would do is further stigmatize law-abiding gun owners.

I remember a few years ago buying a box of .177 pellets for Junior's air rifle at Canadian Tire. The "ammo" is kept under lock and key. Before a store employee unlocks the cabinet you must produce ID which is dutifully recorded. The employee then carries the lethal purchase to the check-out for you, thereby preventing the possibility that one could whip out a Daisy air rifle, load up, and go on a murderous spree right there in the hunting & fishing aisle!

Perhaps the pendulum is starting to swing in the direction of common sense.