After a mass shooting left three people dead, including the shooter, in Toronto on Sunday, the city's conservative...
After a mass shooting left three people dead, including the shooter, in Toronto on Sunday, the city's conservative mayor backed a proposal that even the most liberal American politicians wouldn't dare support ― a total ban on all handgun sales.
That's not actually true. But supporting legislation and getting legislation passed are vastly different things. Plus, they're comparing a powerless City Council vote with passing a national law. Even the article points out that it would take changes in the law at the national level in Canada, as well. (Although I'd give that better odds than the US.)
Toronto's vote is like something from an alternate reality when compared with how U.S. politicians, especially conservatives, have failed to take preventive action against mass shootings. Attempts at pushing through even moderate legislation, such as limiting assault weapons, have faltered as shooters repeatedly kill children in schools or murder dozens in incidents including the Las Vegas shooting and the Pulse nightclub attack.
True.
"What's happened in the United States is what not to do," said Toronto city councilman Joe Cressy following Sunday's shooting.
Yes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/25/john-tory-toronto-shooting-gun-control-us_a_23489571/
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/25/john-tory-toronto-shooting-gun-control-us_a_23489571/
That's not actually true. But supporting legislation and getting legislation passed are vastly different things. Plus, they're comparing a powerless City Council vote with passing a national law. Even the article points out that it would take changes in the law at the national level in Canada, as well. (Although I'd give that better odds than the US.)
Toronto's vote is like something from an alternate reality when compared with how U.S. politicians, especially conservatives, have failed to take preventive action against mass shootings. Attempts at pushing through even moderate legislation, such as limiting assault weapons, have faltered as shooters repeatedly kill children in schools or murder dozens in incidents including the Las Vegas shooting and the Pulse nightclub attack.
True.
"What's happened in the United States is what not to do," said Toronto city councilman Joe Cressy following Sunday's shooting.
Yes.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/25/john-tory-toronto-shooting-gun-control-us_a_23489571/
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/07/25/john-tory-toronto-shooting-gun-control-us_a_23489571/
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