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The Liberals were virtually wiped out across most of rural Canada over the gun registry issue, only taking back many of the seats in the 2015 election.

Blair has not tipped his hand on whether he will recommend a ban on handguns or the undefined term “assault weapons” but he has hinted that there will be changes.

In an interview last week with CBC Radio, Blair said that while many firearms have legitimate uses, others he said, ”their sole intent and their sole use is to actually take people’s lives.”

“So those weapons we need to be far more restrictive of, and even look at how we keep those entirely out of our society,” Blair said.

It’s a ridiculous argument, especially from a former police chief who has at least some knowledge about guns.

There are 2.2 million licensed gun owners in Canada and tens of millions of guns in civilian hands. Those licensed gun owners are not the problem to be solved but they do appear to be the target of the Liberals.

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Banning certain types of guns and forcing licensed owners to hand them over to police won’t take a single gun out of the hands of the criminals and gang members shooting up cities across the country.

The reason is simple: those people don’t have a gun licence and they use illegal guns. Putting in a ban won’t stop them from using guns, it just means they will be breaking one more law.

Another idea that Blair has floated is a centralized storage system for guns.

He mentioned this idea last week while speaking to members of the Port Coquitlam and District Hunting and Fishing Club. Blair said the government wants to deal with what he called “widespread theft and break-in of homes and sporting goods stores.”