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4- The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday August 8, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com McGuinty supports handgun ban Continued from page 3 more accessible to people so they might decide to leave the comfort and privacy of their car," said McGuinty. The creation of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, for buses and vehicles carrying more than one person, on the QEW and the beginning of construc- What's keeping you from having your dream kitchen... Concerns about time? mess? cost? Consider your options... a. Renew your cabinets with our unique "Tune-up". Our exclusive process restores and repairs worn and damaged wood finishes. We also offer a huge selection of cabinet hardware, pull outs and organizers and hardware to greatly improve functionality and use of space. Time: 1 day Mess: almost none Cost: a fraction of replacement tion on a third GO Transit rail between Port Credit and Oakville are two other ways McGuinty is trying to deal with traffic congestion. Others have included providing Oakville with $208,000 to build a new bus terminal in the Uptown Core and the spending of $160,000 to improve GO Transit's Lakeshore West Corridor between Oakville and Mississauga and between Oakville and Hamilton. The issue of keeping handguns out of the hands of criminals has also cropped up in the Halton Region in recent weeks with six gun crimes taking place in July alone. For this complex issue the premier is taking a multipronged approach. "What we've done as a provincial government, for one, is put 1,000 more police on the streets and we've just announced that we're going to increase the complement of the OPP by another 200," he said. "We're also investing in our school boards so they can keep their schools open in the evenings and on weekends so kids have the opportunity to use up some energy in a healthy way." McGuinty is also calling on "The handgun is not used to hunt. It is not used by farmers to deal with pests. The handgun is the weapon of choice for the criminal element." Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty the federal government to toughen up gun laws, the process of which is currently stalled in the federal senate. As police estimate about 30 per cent of the handguns used in crimes are being stolen from legal handgun owners, McGuinty feels aggressively eliminating handguns from Ontario through the institution of a ban is warranted. "The handgun is not used to hunt. It is not used by farmers to deal with pests. The handgun is the weapon of choice for the criminal element. It is easily concealed and quickly accessed from inside a belt, holster or under a seat," he said. "I think it is in the greater public interest that we ban handguns, but we can't do that without the feds." The crowded emergency rooms of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital was another topic addressed by McGuinty. "The first thing you don't want to do is take $3 billion out of healthcare. 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