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Five years ago today, on Sept. 13, 2006, Hayder Khadim was shot and wounded by Kimveer Gill at Montreal’s Dawson College. Hit in the head and neck, Khadim was among the 20 people Gill shot that day. One of the victims, 18-year-old Anastasia De Sousa, died of her injuries.
Khadim, like many people who survive tragedy, has chosen to advocate for a cause he believes will make it less likely others will suffer a similar misfortune. He’s campaigning for stronger firearms laws. And he has a right to do that. It’s all part of democracy. But if he wants to get anywhere in his crusade, it probably wouldn’t hurt him to learn about existing firearms laws. He clearly doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
Khadim wants to see war weapons banned in Canada, he told the CBC, including the Beretta CX4 Storm carbine that he was shot with.
“It’s a war weapon. I don’t understand why it should be accessible to a normal civilian,” Khadim told CBC News. “I remember the sound that day. It literally sounded like a war zone.”
The province of Quebec passed Anastasia’s law in the wake of the shooting. It obliges anyone who wants a restricted firearms permit to take an additional course and candidates must be interrogated by the police before a permit is issued.
Quebec’s law is cold comfort for Khadim, who says he will continue to fight until Canada completely bans military assault rifles.
It’s good rhetoric. And Khadim’s emotional story of survival is compelling. But it’s also factually wrong. Surely that still counts for something.
First of all, there are his references to “war weapons” and “military assault rifles.” The Beretta CX4 is neither. It has a black finish and sleek, intimidating design … it looks scary, in other words. But by design, it’s essentially just a handgun that’s been elongated so you can hold it with two hands. That makes it somewhat more deadly, as handguns are notoriously inaccurate due to their small size and short barrels. But these admitted advantages are more than offset by the fact the CX4 fires simple handgun ammunition — deadly enough at close ranges, but far, far less powerful than what would be fired by a “war weapon” or “military assault rifle.” Or even a standard hunting rifle, really.
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