Why does any Canadian need a handgun?

“Mr. McLeod is a retired Toronto Police officer who spent three decades with a gun on his hip. He’s also a life-long Conservative supporter, whose backing wavered slightly when the government under Stephen Harper scrapped the long-gun registry, a measure he felt had become a vital investigative tool. But that all changed in July, 2018. For years, Mr. McLeod lived by the gun. Now, he’d rather live without. ‘My personal opinion? We should have no civilian handguns in Canada,’ he says.”

 

Patrick White, Tom Cardoso – The Globe and Mail – September 2019

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