Dogs that aren’t barking

Vincent J. Curtis

7 Sept 22

RE: Knife killings & stabbings in SK

Noteworthy is the lack of political exploitation of the murder spree in Saskatchewan.  If the mass killings had been by “assault rifle,” the Trudeau Liberals would be out there claiming that this proves their case for the need to confiscate assault rifles.  (And handguns, notwithstanding handguns weren’t involved.)  But knives were involved in the killing of ten and the wounding of seventeen, and there’s no constituency for knife control.  In addition, since killers and victims are aboriginal, it may be risky to cynically exploit the event with them as the dramatis personae.

What city slickers of Central Canada need to understand is that in rural Saskatchewan and Alberta, police response of 45 minutes or more is pretty common.  And the criminal element knows it.  Theft is the most common means of exploiting this weakness, a weakness created in part by the belief that we don’t have the right to protect ourselves and our property with deadly force, i.e. with guns.

Ten people were killed because they lacked the means to protect themselves, and Canadians have no right of self-defence.  If Canadians did have the right of self-defence, then taking away the means of self-defence, i.e. possession of handguns and assault rifles, is tantamount to depriving Canadians of the right to self-defence.

In rural Canada, guns are used for sporting purposes, the protection of livestock, property, and human life, because policing is too far away.

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