Is it time to ban the handgun?

[madchives]

that is the title of today's cbc's cross country checkup,
as a person who lived a couple of blocks away from this awful
shooting, i'd answer yes, hell just as myself living anywhere, i'd say yes
to all guns, rifles etc. being banned


A woman walks by a makeshift memorial on Danforth Ave. where people are adding flowers and messages to honour and remember the victims of the July 24 mass shooting in Toronto. (Cole Burston/Getty Images)

'A ban on handgun and ammunition sales? Semi-automatic and assault rifle bans? A study on shuttering local gun clubs?

Toronto City Council overwhelmingly endorsed these motions after last Sunday's Danforth shooting.
Our question: Is it time to ban handguns in Canada? How far should government go?'

forgot something, the show is a live call in, so people across canada and sometimes
elsewhere phone in with their opinions, hence you get an idea or more on how
your neighbours think about,,,,

1 p.m. PT, 2 p.m. MT, 3 p.m. CT, 4 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. AT, 5:30 p.m. NT.
http://www.cbc.ca/listen/#Radio1

[Shwa Girl]

I don't know why non law enforcement or non military citizens would need to have a semi automatic guns.
The person who did the shooting has diagnosed mental illness.
I think he probably obtained the weapon not through normal/legal gun purchase procedures. I don't know if he could have been stopped.

[Skippy]

Unfortunately "Banning" handguns will probably not work as their is a black market for everything.That said,politicians will do so as it makes them look like they are doing something.Sadly these are the times we are living in.