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Thursday, July 26th, 2018

John Tory’s Actions After Toronto Shooting Were What No U.S. Leader Has Ever Done

Author:     Nick Robins-Early
Source:     The Huffington Post
Publication Date:     07/25/2018 17:06 EDT
 Link: John Tory’s Actions After Toronto Shooting Were What No U.S. Leader Has Ever Done
Stephan:   In Canada, in contrast to the U.S., there are 722 deaths annually by gun fire, less than eight days of gun death in the U.S., and 77% of them are suicides. Mass shootings in Canada are so rare that the country goes years between such events, and when they happen, they do something about it, as this report describes.

Canadian mass shooting site
Credit: The Globe and Mail

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.

“Why does anyone in this city need to have a gun at all?” Mayor John Tory asked at a city council meeting on Monday.

Tory spoke a day after 29-year-old Faisal Hussain opened fire with a handgun on a busy avenue in the city, killing two females and injuring 13 other people. The incident left Torontonians in fear and mourning and prompted the city council to vote on Tuesday night to ask the federal government to ban the sale of handguns within city limits.

Alternate reality

The city’s motion, which passed 41-4, both calls on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government to outlaw the sale of handguns and urges the provincial government to ban […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 5:59 am

    I saw this in Huff. Post yesterday and was sure you would pick up on it. It is the way I always thought the USA would act about firearms, but unfortunately it is not, sad to say. God did not bless the USA with common sense.