Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin Watch: Canada Blames U.S. for Gun Violence

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin (R) is applauded by Toronto Mayor David Miller during a campaign stop to unveil the Liberal handgun policy in Toronto December 8, 2005. Canadians will head to the polls January 23, 2006.

The ASSociated Press has Canada blames U.S. for gun violence

Canadian officials, seeking to make sense of another fatal shooting in what has been a record year for gun-related deaths, said Tuesday that along with a host of social ills, part of the problem stemmed from what they said was the United States exporting its violence.

The news story from the 26th, 1 Dead, 4 Hurt in Toronto Street Shooting

One person was shot to death and four others wounded Monday in a shooting on a Toronto street crowded with holiday shoppers, police said.

hey said two suspects were arrested and at least one firearm was seized shortly after the 5:30 p.m. violence near the popular Eaton Centre shopping mall.

Details were sketchy. Police did not immediately say if the two were suspected of opening fire or if the victims had been purposely targeted.

Officials said the four wounded were hospitalized, but provided no details of the injuries.

Emergency vehicles crowded around the scene, which was cordoned off with yellow police tape.

“Someone said they were shot and everyone went to the back of the store,” said Magnolia Sandoval, an employee at a camera store.

A rash of recent guns deaths in Toronto prompted Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce earlier this month that his government would ban handguns if he were re-elected in the Jan. 23 elections.

This is a tragic event but to place the blame on the United States?

Paul Martin and his LEFTIE/NDP crony David Miller are great at expedient demagoguery.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Toronto Mayor David Miller warned that Canada could become like the United States after gunfire erupted Monday on a busy street filled with holiday shoppers, killing a 15-year-old girl and wounding six bystanders — the latest victims in a record surge in gun violence in Toronto.

The shooting stemmed from a dispute among a group of 10 to 15 youth, and the victim was a teenager out with a parent near a popular shopping mall, police said Tuesday.

It is now being reported that this tragic shooting is the result of Canadian gangs, Gang feud may have led to Toronto shooting: reports

A feud between rival gang members may have led to the Boxing Day shooting spree that killed a 15-year-old girl and injured six others in a downtown Toronto area bustling with shoppers, according to published reports.

Police believe the gunfire broke out Monday between two groups, with 10 to 15 people in their late teens to early 20s involved in an exchange of gunfire on busy Yonge Street near the Eaton Centre, said the reports Wednesday.

The United States bashing quotes:

“It’s a sign that the lack of gun laws in the U.S. is allowing guns to flood across the border that are literally being used to kill people in the streets of Toronto,” Miller said.

“The U.S. is exporting its problem of violence to the streets of Toronto,” he (Miller) said.

“What we saw yesterday is a stark reminder of the challenge that governments, police forces and communities face to ensure that Canadian cities do not descend into the kind of rampant gun violence we have seen elsewhere,” Martin said.

Flap recommends that Mayor Miller focus on his own Toronto urban problems and stop the blame game.

Paul Martin, a CORRUPT failure as Prime Minister will never stop until he is cast out of office in the January elections.

But, if Canadians wish the Congress can always vote for visa requirements for all Canadian visitors and strict import/export controls for Canadian business.

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