Don’t Forget to Ban Crossbows

As Britain demonstrates, once they have deprived law-abiding citizens of guns, they will come after knives. Tory MP Scott Mann has even called for a database of cutlery owners and GPS trackers embedded in all knives. But they ought to go after crossbows first:

Canadian authorities have released surveillance footage of a suspect who shot a woman with a crossbow on her front porch while posing as a delivery person.

The video, released Monday, showed a masked man approaching the 44-year-old woman’s home near Toronto with a large cardboard box in his hand and a hidden crossbow. He rang the doorbell, chatted with the woman for a few moments and fired an arrow into her chest, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.

This isn’t the first time Canadians have been menaced by assault crossbows. From 2016:

Three people have died after an attack involving a crossbow in Toronto’s east end, and police believe there is “a link” between the deadly incident and a suspicious package found in a downtown condo. …

Questions remain about how exactly the incident unfolded, including how three people could possibly be killed by a crossbow. An archery expert who spoke with CTV News Channel on Thursday said it’s “an extremely long process” to load a crossbow.

This goes to show that any weapon is an assault weapon — and probably an effective one if you use it to assault people who are unarmed.

Let’s sort out the agenda. First ban guns; Democrats are already crystal clear on this objective. Then ban crossbows; better go after bows and arrows too. Then knives, as in Britain, followed by all other sharp objects, such as knitting needles and razor blades. Next would follow blunt instruments: baseball bats, tire irons, chair legs, etc. Wait, I’m forgetting vehicles; they can easily be used as deadly weapons, including for mass murder. One of the most time-honored means of inflicting violence on defenseless victims is bashing their heads in with rocks, so we had better ban those too. Rope, piano wire, even twine can be used to strangle — if it saves even a single child’s life, we must ban them. Let’s not forget hands; plenty of people can kill with their bare hands…

On a tip from Lyle.

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