There are meaningful parallels between the banning of gun ownership and the banning of dog breeds.
GUNS
“With Canada's murder rate rising 12% last year and this year's high-profile rash of gang murders (six shootings just this week in Toronto), politicians are looking for someone to blame... On Monday night, during his dinner with Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed Canada's gun crime problem was being caused by weapons smuggled in from the United States.”
“Mr. Martin's larger mistake is that -- like most politicians in Canada -- he puts his faith in gun control as a means to fight crime, and clearly believes the United States should too. But as Canada's experience with its registry -- which hasn't solved any crimes -- shows, gun control isn't the answer. Getting law-abiding citizens to disarm or register their weapons is easy. The hard part is taking guns away from criminals. Toronto's gangs have no trouble getting the illegal drugs they sell. Since they are already involved in a criminal trade, why should we expect that the law would keep them from acquiring guns to defend their turf?”
DOGS
Let’s substitute the word “dog” for “gun/ weapon”, “bites” for “murder”, etc., and see how that looks… Oh, let’s also substitute “Denver” for “Canada”, since they have banned ownership of pit bulldogs…
With Colorado’s recent sensational dog bite incidents last year and this year's high-profile rash of dog bites (several incidents last month in Jefferson County), politicians are looking for someone to blame... On Monday night, Denver’s mayor claimed Colorado's dog bite problem was being caused by pit bull dogs.”
The Mayor's larger mistake is that -- like most politicians -- he puts his faith in killing pit bull dogs as a means to fight crime, and clearly believes the everyone else should too. But as Colorado's experience with its new pit bull dog ban -- which hasn't solved any crimes -- shows, banning dogs isn't the answer. Getting law-abiding citizens to kill their pit bull dogs or register their dogs is easy. The hard part is stopping criminals from using dogs in their crimes. Denver's gangs have no trouble getting the dogs they use for their drug operations. Since they are already involved in a criminal trade, why should we expect that the law would keep them from acquiring other breeds of dog to defend their turf?
Hmmm…
Close parallel, isn’t it?
Innocent, law abiding people obeyed the law, licensed their pit bull dogs in Colorado. Then, the government blamed the dogs for the actions of criminals, and then took advantage of the intentions of those law abiding citizens. They used the registry of licensed dogs, went to people’s homes, seized their dogs, and put them all to death.
Do you really think this will stop the criminals from obtaining dogs and wrecking them? Do you think that banning pit bull dogs, or any other breed, will prevent criminals from getting dogs to guard their drug operations? Don’t you think criminals could breed a new type of pit bull by breeding terriers with bulldog breeds? Or, just switch to other breeds?
Study The NRA
The NRA has successfully fought back against gun bans.
There was another successful defeat of gun banning in Brazil last week.
The clues to fighting back have already been given us by the pro-gun groups.
Dogs Help Fight Crime
Just like the anti-gun folks will never let facts get in the way of their fanaticism, the anti-dog folks wont let facts get in the way of their fanatical desire to kill off reasonable dog ownership. The facts are that gun ownership reduces the crime rate. The facts are that dog ownership reduces the crime rate, too.
How many of you got a dog as a crime deterrent?
How many women have you met that got a dog so they could safely go jogging alone, take walks alone, or so they would be safer living alone or in a first floor apartment?
Do you want that taken away from you? If you ban dog ownership, will that make any of us really safer?
Dogs aren’t the problem, criminals are the problem.
GUNS
“With Canada's murder rate rising 12% last year and this year's high-profile rash of gang murders (six shootings just this week in Toronto), politicians are looking for someone to blame... On Monday night, during his dinner with Condoleezza Rice, Prime Minister Paul Martin claimed Canada's gun crime problem was being caused by weapons smuggled in from the United States.”
“Mr. Martin's larger mistake is that -- like most politicians in Canada -- he puts his faith in gun control as a means to fight crime, and clearly believes the United States should too. But as Canada's experience with its registry -- which hasn't solved any crimes -- shows, gun control isn't the answer. Getting law-abiding citizens to disarm or register their weapons is easy. The hard part is taking guns away from criminals. Toronto's gangs have no trouble getting the illegal drugs they sell. Since they are already involved in a criminal trade, why should we expect that the law would keep them from acquiring guns to defend their turf?”
DOGS
Let’s substitute the word “dog” for “gun/ weapon”, “bites” for “murder”, etc., and see how that looks… Oh, let’s also substitute “Denver” for “Canada”, since they have banned ownership of pit bulldogs…
With Colorado’s recent sensational dog bite incidents last year and this year's high-profile rash of dog bites (several incidents last month in Jefferson County), politicians are looking for someone to blame... On Monday night, Denver’s mayor claimed Colorado's dog bite problem was being caused by pit bull dogs.”
The Mayor's larger mistake is that -- like most politicians -- he puts his faith in killing pit bull dogs as a means to fight crime, and clearly believes the everyone else should too. But as Colorado's experience with its new pit bull dog ban -- which hasn't solved any crimes -- shows, banning dogs isn't the answer. Getting law-abiding citizens to kill their pit bull dogs or register their dogs is easy. The hard part is stopping criminals from using dogs in their crimes. Denver's gangs have no trouble getting the dogs they use for their drug operations. Since they are already involved in a criminal trade, why should we expect that the law would keep them from acquiring other breeds of dog to defend their turf?
Hmmm…
Close parallel, isn’t it?
Innocent, law abiding people obeyed the law, licensed their pit bull dogs in Colorado. Then, the government blamed the dogs for the actions of criminals, and then took advantage of the intentions of those law abiding citizens. They used the registry of licensed dogs, went to people’s homes, seized their dogs, and put them all to death.
Do you really think this will stop the criminals from obtaining dogs and wrecking them? Do you think that banning pit bull dogs, or any other breed, will prevent criminals from getting dogs to guard their drug operations? Don’t you think criminals could breed a new type of pit bull by breeding terriers with bulldog breeds? Or, just switch to other breeds?
Study The NRA
The NRA has successfully fought back against gun bans.
There was another successful defeat of gun banning in Brazil last week.
The clues to fighting back have already been given us by the pro-gun groups.
Dogs Help Fight Crime
Just like the anti-gun folks will never let facts get in the way of their fanaticism, the anti-dog folks wont let facts get in the way of their fanatical desire to kill off reasonable dog ownership. The facts are that gun ownership reduces the crime rate. The facts are that dog ownership reduces the crime rate, too.
How many of you got a dog as a crime deterrent?
How many women have you met that got a dog so they could safely go jogging alone, take walks alone, or so they would be safer living alone or in a first floor apartment?
Do you want that taken away from you? If you ban dog ownership, will that make any of us really safer?
Dogs aren’t the problem, criminals are the problem.
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