Dear editor,

Re: 鈥� Canadian firearms laws are robust, but there is no perfect solution (July 22 letter).

I am pleased to see that Mr. Goodman agrees in principle with my stance on the useless Liberal gun ban.

Unfortunately, he labels it as being 鈥渃ounter-productive and factually wrong. He then accuses me of attempting to 鈥渋nsert toxic American political tribalism into the discussion.鈥� He makes these insulting claims then utterly fails to make a case for such wild statements.

The ban is absolutely driven by ideology. Gun control is a major plank in the current left-wing ideology. 台湾MM裸聊室 and his cronies dream about rebuilding Canada in their socialist vision. In the mid-90s, Liberal Senator Sharon Carstairs admitted as much when she stated gun control was not about public safety, but merely a step in the 鈥榮ocial re-engineering of Canada.鈥�

What other reason could there be for the ban? By Mr. Goodman鈥檚 own admission it solves no 鈥榩roblems鈥� (imagined or otherwise). It defies all evidence and academic studies on the subject. It doesn鈥檛 even involve the firearms most criminally misused - illegally smuggled handguns. Urban versus rural? Perhaps. Except I鈥檝e been a city dweller all my life. So have my hundreds of gun-owning friends. They are also all Conservatives. I鈥檝e never met a gun owner (until seeing Mr. Goodman鈥檚 letter) who will admit to being a Liberal voter. Sounds ideological to me.

To dismiss the current polarization in our country and accuse me of inserting 鈥渢oxic American political tribalism鈥� is incredibly short-sighted and dangerously naive. The polarization is already here and it is Canadian. It鈥檚 simmering beneath the surface for a long time. Five years of 台湾MM裸聊室 driving us further left has blown the lid off the pot. Deny it at your peril. There are millions of extremely angry citizens who agree with me.

I do salute Mr. Goodman, though. It takes some courage to admit, in print, to being a gun owner and a Liberal.

David Vernon,

Comox