Don’t sell weapons
The recent murder of 49 human beings in Orlando is a particularly monstrous and uncivilized act.
The killer was an unfortunate delusional person who was known by law officials, but managed to buy guns and ammunition to carry out this massacre.
On average, 100 American individuals possess 112.6 guns. Is it the easy availability of guns in the U.S. that seems to be the reason that in 2015, 12,000 Americans were killed by guns, through homicide, suicide and accidental deaths.
The U.S. also recorded another 25,000 people injured that were gun-related.
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In Canada on average, 100 Canadians possess 30.8 guns.
The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that “ Canadians, unlike Americans, do not have the constitutional right to bear arms.” The Court also stated, “Most Canadians prefer to have the peace of mind and sense of security arrive from the knowledge that the possession of automatic weapons is prohibited.”
I’m quite certain that most Canadians will be saddened and disturbed to learn that in the last five years, our government’s political leaders have increased and allowed the sale and export of the weapons of war. Some of these weapons may have been sold to other countries like Saudi Arabia, which is a country that has an abominable human rights record.
It is absolute nonsense and ignorance to argue that if we don’t sell these weapons to those who want to buy them, someone else will make that profit.
Is Canada so poverty stricken that we have to sell weapons designed to kill human beings, that we do not even know, just to keep our country viable?
In Canada, we expect our police departments to have the legal power to keep guns out of the hands of people, who may or may not be totally responsible with how they handle and use guns.
With fewer guns around, we all will feel more secure.
Canadians want to be recognized as a civilized people. We need to be seen to promote peacemaking and peacekeeping.
Leo Kurtenbach
Bypass debt too high
With the Canadian Taxpayers Federation Debt Clock making its national tour, the taxpayers of Saskatchewan must ask themselves — are we OK with taking on massive amounts of debt for the profit of only a few giant multinational corporations?
The Regina bypass stands to add $2 billion to our total debt load —whether it be federally, provincially or municipally— while only a select few land speculators are profiting quite heavily.
Meanwhile, other long-term landowners — some who have the same lands their great grandparents owned when they came to Canada in the early 1900s — are getting shafted by being forced to accept pennies on the dollar of their actual worth.
Why is the total population of the province being held responsible for the long-term debt of the Regina bypass project?
An independent inquiry should be demanded by the taxpaying public of Saskatchewan.
Donald Neuls
Coppersands, Sask.
