Gun control

EDITORIAL – New Zealand’s fast action on gun control won’t be repeated here

March 31, 2019 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER Jacinda Ardern is being hailed as a hero for her fast action in restricting firearms in the wake of the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Return of the gun registry won’t happen any time soon

August 16, 2018 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. WOULD POLICE OFFICERS Robb Costello and Sara Burns be alive today if Canada still had a long-gun registry? They’re the two officers who [Continue]

TAUBE – Taking aim at those pointless student-led anti-gun marches

March 28, 2018 // 18 Comments

March as you see fit but gun control isn’t the answer. Democracy will sort out reasonable gun rights changes For those of us fortunate enough to live in a democracy, there [Continue]

McQUARRIE – Thoughts, prayers and pixie dust

March 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

IF THOUGHTS and prayers or even pixie dust were real and viable solutions to the problems we face, then the world would be a far better place. There would have been no [Continue]

GINTA – More guns are never the answer to the gun problem

February 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

I REMEMBER when the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting happened. I remember looking at my youngest son’s hands as he was drawing right next to me. They were little, the [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Nothing to offer but despair after another mass shooting

February 15, 2018 // 5 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. YESTERDAY was Valentine’s Day. That’s when men of all ages sheepishly line up in supermarkets and buy gaudy bouquets. [Continue]