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Mike_in_mtl
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13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - A phony gun battle · 0 replies · +10 points
There are about 340,000 violent crime in Canada every year. Out of these, about 2.4% involve involve a firearm (or 8,100 violent crimes)
Out of these, 1 out of 3 involve a long gun (2,700 violent crimes) And
if the RCMP estimate that 4%-5% of firearm used are registered, we arentalking about 108 violent crime committed were a registered/previously registered long gun was present, or 0.0003% of all violent crimes committed in Canada...
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Shock! Horror! America... · 0 replies · +1 points
Yet, the media weren't shocked when Al Gore came to Canada to promote the Green-Shift...
Odd indeed...
13 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Reading between the li... · 0 replies · +2 points
Dr. John Jones resigned his position on the CACP's ethics committee...
In April 2009, media reports confirmed the CACP accepted about $115,000 from CGI Group, a Bell Mobility affiliate. Is it mere coincidence that CGI is the software contractor for the gun registry and the chiefs’ organization is strident in its support for the registry?
The CGI donation was used to send CACP conference delegates to a Céline Dion concert. The CACP annual galas are legendary for their opulence as cities compete to out-do the conference before. During this year’s gala in Edmonton on August 22-25, the media reported that the chiefs voted unanimously to support the gun registry.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 1 reply · 0 points
You will need to brush up on your motor vehicle act knowledge... There is no need to register a car, unless you want to drive it on public road. Just like you do not need a drivers license to drive a car, unless you want to drive it on public road.
Even though thousands of Canadians are killed each year because of alcohol, you only need to show a picture ID to buy it (and don't get me started on business that sell to underage teenagers)... You can buy as much as you want... You can take it where ever you want... and you don't know government approval to make your own.
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Firearms are designed to fire a bullet at high speed...
Knives are designed to cut...
Hammer are designed to strike...
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How you want to use them, is up to you.
A visit to your local court house would tell you that just about any objects has been used as a weapon.
Should we register everything?
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 0 replies · +2 points
At which point does an officer 'trust' the information?
If the information is known to be flawed and incomplete, what's the point of searching within that database?
The whole point of point of the registry was that the police 'could' have access to this kind of information quickly...
Than again, a whole discussion could also be started about the validity of doing a "dynamic entry" at dawn... when the police could have just arrested the guy when he walked out of his house... but that's a different story.
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- How about the Mayerthorpe shooting? There wasn't suppose to be any guns at that location and James Roszko was prohibited from legally possessing firearms. Next thing you know, officer Peter Schiemann, Anthony Gordon, Lionide Johnston, and Brock Myrol lost their lives.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 0 replies · 0 points
It is just a matter of time before our psychopath-lunatics realize that more damage can be done with home made explosive... then with any kind of firearms... What will we do then?
As an example, in Montreal, street thugs have just realize that arson is a much easier way to settle scores then a gun... Fuel is readily available and so are containers... A crashing bottle will not draw as much attention as a gun shot... and fire will destroy any finger prints that could be used against you...
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As for the truck/scooter analogy, it was more of a 'tong in the cheek' comments... as there are far more cases of people getting hurt/killed/maimed in road rage incident involving a truck... then involving a scooter...
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 0 replies · 0 points
That is, until a certain Mr. Trudeau decided otherwise... without providing any reason whatsoever, other then the fact that he didn't like it.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 0 replies · +2 points
A quick look at the statistic for violent crime will tell us that long guns are involved in 0.0003% of all violent crimes in Canada, violent individuals were involved in 100% of all violent crime in Canada. A registration certificate proved useless to 100% of the victims.
From the Statistic Canada website: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/080220/d08022...
There are about 340,000 violent crime in Canada every year. Out of these, about 2.4% involve involve a firearm (or 8,100 violent crimes) Out of these, 1 out of 3 involve a long gun (2,700 violent crimes) And if the RCMP estimate that 4%-5% of firearm used are registered, we are talking about 108 violent crime committed were a registered/previously registered long gun was present, or 0.0003% of all violent crimes committed in Canada...
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If we want to save lives, what should we do?
- Invest in programs that can have a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals?
- Create more paperwork that nobody cares for?
Hint: Sick and disturbed individuals need help, not a new bureaucracy...
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 0 replies · +1 points
If the government hadn't use the gun registry to confiscate legally bought and registered firearms... maybe firearms owner wouldn't be so oppose to it.
Maybe if the government hadn't taken so many firearm owners to court over technicalities... maybe firearm overs wouldn't be so oppose to it.
Just my 2 cents worth,
Mike
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Why won't Breitkreuz l... · 9 replies · +3 points
To insinuate that a handgun is somehow more dangerous than a long gun... Makes as much sense as saying that a scooter is somehow more dangerous then a pick up truck... Because we all know scooters are more agile in traffic then a truck... Therefore, they could be used by thieves to 'sneak' away...
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If you think that 'melting' all legally bought and registered handguns would make them disappear... I have some bad news for you. Handguns, like most other objects, are mam-made items. Any body with the will to do so, could produce them.
Heck, the CIA and FBI have reported many instances where criminal organization were running small machine shop producing illegal revolvers... and all revolvers had the exact same marking/serial numbers... to better confused the system!
What should we do next? Create a machine shop registry? Impose a national ban on raw steel?!?
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