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As the federal election ramps up, expect Justin Trudeau to use gun control as a wedge issue to keep key urban seats in Liberal hands. Legal gun owners have a lot to lose.

Most Canadians know little about guns beyond what they’ve seen on TV. City dwellers see handguns in the news when they’ve been seized by police from murderers and gangbangers. In their eyes, guns have one use: to kill people.

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It doesn’t help that politicians routinely lie about guns. We are told legal guns owned by licensed gun owners are the problem. Data from Statistics Canada and Canada’s police services prove this false. But, most Canadians don’t know that.

No surprise, then, most Canadians support the idea of a “handgun ban” – something they’ve been told will keep their kids safe.

They’ll be sold this same myth again, this election. And, it’ll work in vote-rich urban ridings where Liberals need to win. It’s a perfect wedge issue: if you don’t support banning guns, then you support killing kids.