It has arisen that there are a large number of black market handguns in and around my area, and we, as law abiding citizens, are essentially defenseless when a firearm is presented.

RCMP officers, on average, would take much more than sixty seconds to respond, in the best case scenario, in which time, one could be shot and killed.

Please amend our legal rights to reflect this need.

Thank you for reading my comment.

Allowing Canadian citizens to carry concealed would in turn drop violent crimes to an all time low!

It seems like this country wants to create victims, and the laws favor the criminals. It's a human right to defend our lives and those lives of friends and family.

How many of those violent crimes, or shootings, would've been stopped if there were citizens present who were carrying concealed.

Criminals love victims and thrive off of fear. By allowing educated citizens to carry concealed would strike fear and doubt in the criminal element, while at the same time give law abiding citizens the right to defend themselves and others. Police can't be everywhere at once. But those carrying concealed could be everywhere!! Extending the arm of the law, and detaining criminals while the police mobilize to respond and arrest.

By granting us this right, you could be saving the lives of thousands if not more.

There is no excuse as to why self defense or the tools for self defense such be restricted or prohibited, nor why the justice system cannot recognize use of any such tools as legitimate and justifiable. Such tools are used everyday by law enforcement but there is no acceptable reason for the law abiding to be "handcuffed" and "gagged" when THEY TOO are only trying to live their lives.