Canadian Newspaper Readers Continue to Debate Front-Page Wraparound Ad for Local Gun Store

EIC Paul Berton writes: 'For every argument, there is a counter argument.'

Among the “Door Crasher” specials: a scoped rifle and a Sig Sauer 1911-22 handgun. The front-page wraparound ad for a local gun store ran in the Aug. 10 issue of the TorStar-owned Hamilton Spectator and days later, the blowback is still being shared:

I was saddened to see The Spec advertising handguns on the front insert of Thursday’s paper. Unlike rifles used for hunting, there is only one practical purpose for a handgun and that is to kill people.

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