Canadian Bust Is Just More Proof That Gun Laws Don’t Work

By Tom Knighton

Canada has a lot of gun laws and keeps looking to create even more. Eventually, it’ll probably follow the lead of its UK brethren and ban most everything except under a handful of circumstances. It’s not like they have a Second Amendment analog up that way.

Yet, despite that, Canadian police are still having an issue with guns falling into criminal hands.

Usually, they opt to just blame the United States for their issues–a lesson they learned from New Jersey, perhaps–but a recent bust in Canada illustrates the real problem with gun control.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that police in Winnipeg, Manitoba, shut down an improvised gun manufacturing operation, seizing a dozen firearms and the equipment being used to make them.

Police say they found the operation after trying to stop a man who was riding a bicycle dangerously.

The suspect tried to flee; they spotted what looked like a gun in his waistband and chased him into a house, where they arrested him, along with one woman. In addition to the homemade guns, law enforcement also seized power tools, pieces of pipe, and bullets.

Police also say they found methamphetamine at the scene and worry …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms