Time to lift the facade

During the Reagan and Bush '41 years we heard a lot about the homeless and other social ills. The day William Jefferson Blythe Clinton (who downed Bush '41 for having 4 names during the campaign) these social ills miraculously disappeared. The homeless problem was non-existent for 8 years until Bush '43 took office and you immediately started hearing about it again.

Look for the same thing to happen in Canada. Just a few weeks back, all reports I ever heard gave the impression of Utopia on every front. Why don't we handle our crime like Canada? Why don't we handle health care and prescription drugs like Canada? On and on. Canada was the prime location liberals threatened to move to if Bush won a second term.

As NewsMax is reporting, now that conservatives have won the election, suddenly the facade is evaporating before our eyes. Apparently their crime rate is 50% higher than in the US. Look to the liberal media in both countries to begin making political hay out of this and begin to blame the conservative takeover. Of course they will wait a reasonable time period so it is not so obvious, but take it to the bank: it will come.

Of course outgoing loser Paul Martin is blaming Bush, the US and guns he claims are being smuggled over from the US. NewsMax points out the real story. Quoting David Frum in a National Post article, a contrast is shown between the US and Canada regarding gun policy and the crime rates:

"Moreover, this shift in crime rates between the two countries has occurred while dozens of U.S. states have adopted ‘right-to-carry’ and ‘shall-issue’ handgun laws. During the same period, Canada’s gun laws have gotten more restrictive, with the national gun registry being implemented,” he added.

"Since declaring war on guns under former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Canada's Liberals have presided over the sharpest rise in violent crime in the nation’s history.”

So we see yet again that guns in the hands of private citizens acts as a deterrent to crime, while preventing gun ownership is a breeding ground for spikes in crime. Martin's futile attempt at logic is laughable. If Canadians were able to possess guns before the crackdown, but now are merely getting guns from across the border this would not account for a rise in crime. It is merely a question of changing suppliers. If the US had no guns, they would be smuggled in from elsewhere. The problem is not that criminals have more guns; if it could be tracked we would likely find that number remained fairly static. The problem is that good law-abiding citizens have less guns.

The problem with liberals is that they don't just want social ills fixed. They only want them fixed if their methods are used. If another method is used and works, instead of celebrating it they fight it and go into denial. We see this with gun ownership and crime rate, we see this with tax cuts and increased revenues and improved economy, we see this with school choice and improved education, and in many other areas. If a liberal idea is not used to fix it, liberals would rather not see it fixed.