Last week, the mayor of the City of Toronto, Ontario (Canada) decided that he could shift the blame for a recent spate of gun violence in his city off of himself by blaming America.

In a (Canada) National Post story entitled "Shootings leave Toronto bloody", it is the sub-heading which takes the cake: Mayor blames lax U.S. gun laws after day of gunplay. The story quoted Mayor David Miller blaming lax gun laws in the United States for some of Toronto's violence, saying half the firearms in the city originated in America.

"It really is time to establish an effective strategy, working with the United States, to stop the easy access for guns that people are going to bring to Canada," Mr. Miller said.

"It's a huge problem and it's just not acceptable."

That's right - rather than focus on the complete failure of Canada's socialist gun control laws and gun registration schemes, which have cost that country's citizens dearly in both money and blood, Mayor Miller says it's America's fault, despite having presented NO evidence that any of the firearms used in this and the many other recent gang-style shootings listed in the story came across the border.

Many pro-gun American commentators and bloggers quickly pointed out the ridiculousness of the claims, but now, surprisingly, a Canadian editorialist has done so as well.

Click on the "Read More..." link below to read this excellent editorial from the Calgary Herald (Alberta).

By Ken Hanson

There has been much said about Ohio's prohibition on carrying in a state owned restroom. That's right, if you pull over in a state park or state rest area, you are technically committing a felony if you go inside armed. Needless to say it has been a banner year for weeds around Ohio's restrooms.
This really hit home in a kind of hybrid way two weeks ago.

After spending 12 hours teaching a CCW class, my family and I loaded into van and started out on our yearly trip to NC for a week at the beach. We got started at 10:30 p.m. The first 4 hours were uneventful. Having gotten south of Charleston, WV on the turnpike, my wife and I decided to stop and switch drivers for safety's sake. We pulled off at one of the turnpike rest stops. This is not really like Ohio's rest stops, but my understanding is the plaza is built by the state and then sublet to the tenants, thus, in Ohio, it would also be banned property. In any event, the Ohio alternative would have been one of our own (in)famous rest stops, which are conclusively banned.

I pulled in and dropped my wife off to use the facilities. After confirming she was in the building safely, I parked. Right about the same time, across the parking lot, I saw a car, with two elderly people in it, have the alarm start going off. A male who had been by the driver's door started walking away from the car very quickly, and unfortunately right at my van. Keep in mind my 8 year old daughter and 3 year old son are sound asleep in their back seats, where they are strapped in.

You've probably guessed by now this wasn't a rest stop employee checking on our welfare. This gentleman approaches our van and begins demanding money. During the course of our "discussion" it wakes up my 8 year old daughter, who begins to freak out. Just woke up and there is a strange man at my door demanding money. Keep in mind I can't drive away because I would be leaving my wife helpless when she walks back out of the building none the wiser.

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