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Originally posted by RACooper
Hmmmm..... I thought the new US Ambassador was supposed to be a little more diplomatic and/or intelligent (but then again he is Bush's appointee).
So the fact that firearms made and sold in the US, and illegal up here, are smuggled here is Canada's fault? Interesting interpretation of criminal law - sorta like blaming the victim... oh wait it is...
Tell you'all what - you stop the flow of the guns killing Canadians, and we'll stop the flow of that "lethal" pot from Canada... sound fair?
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But it is our fault, pure and simple. They are our borders and our laws which we need to protect from those who wish to violate them. Gun smugglers do not cross through US customs, and do not violate American Law, they violate our laws, and cross through our inspection points, or through our vast expansises of unpatrolled border and it is our governments responsibility to resond to that threat and inforce our laws. The American's only fault is that they produce guns, which to their thinking is no fault at all as guns are a perfectly legal thing to own. If we want to stop gun violence in our cities, then we need to realize it is our own lack of security that allows the weapons in, pure and simple.