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Here’s what we’ve learned about guns, gun ownership, gun control, guns ’n’ criminals, and so forth:

1) Nobody knows what the hell is going on.

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2) People are in love with their guns.

3) It’s a total s—show.

Q: How to get guns away from criminals?

A: Nobody seems to know. Here is an important statement, though:

“I suppose what really baffles me is that I can’t think of a single reason why a civilian needs to own a military-grade weapon, apart from being a monstrous arsehole.”

That’s Emma Brockes in The Guardian. Thank you, ma’am.

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So —at the fear of repeating myself: Mayor John Tory has asked repeatedly why anyone in the city of Toronto would need a gun. Why would a person need a gun?

There don’t seem to be many answers to this question, though many thanks to the readers who want me to know I’m an idiot for asking. You might want a handgun if you engage in target practice. That’s as far as we got, people. Nobody had a single other reason to offer. Residents of rural areas wanted to argue about their rifles, but that’s not really the issue. The issue is guns in the big city.