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It's Tuesday December the 6 around 10:55PM and

The Province Loads Up on Guns

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Guns are so the new black. They are certainly got the coverage from 24 Hours last week. Now this week The Province puts the big gun on the cover - and this time it's not that there are more guns, or that transit has guns, or gun homicide. Oh no. It's that the NRA is advising Canadian gun groups during the election.
"This is absolutely appalling. I say, 'Go Home' to the NRA," said Svend Robinson, federal NDP candidate for Vancouver Centre. "The NRA has no place in Canadian politics. Especially when we have all these local concerns with gun violence.

Of course Svend is on the scene with the spin. Amazing. Not to be outdone, the CBC is also on this story too, suggesting that hand guns are the new 'it' accessory. "Police officials said their statistics show a corresponding increase in gun-related crime. In 2002, there were 59 shooting incidents in Vancouver. So far in 2005, there have been 68 shootings."

UPDATE: Richard Eriksson at Urban Vancouver asks an interesting question about the ongoing explosion of gun journalism in Vancouver. "So does Vancouver have a gun problem? Or does Vancouver's media just think the city has a problem?"

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Posted by: Anonymous

December 7, 2005 12:42 AM

Not to be rude, but is there a point you're trying to make? Your post is sort of all over the place.

Posted by: Jackson Murphy

December 7, 2005 06:44 AM

Dear Anyonymous.

I'm not sure how "all over the place" I was, but the point was nothing more than following the continuing story of guns as a media story in this city in the past two weeks. Since we'd been posting about the transit police gun story here and here. Oh and here too.

That's a lot of news talking about guns in this city. Try to keep up.

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