philchau
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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 2 replies · -2 points
Please lay off the pot and make a coherent statement, k-thx-bai!
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 0 replies · -2 points
Now that the gov't has changed, the hand's are getting slapped at the cookie jar, and you bet your sweet ass the liberals don't like it at ALL.
Liberals like getting free money, and they are scrupulous scavengers. They feel no guilt in their theivery. They avoid a guilt feeling by justifying their slippery business with a feeling of entitlement. "Oh, another cookie is ok...I deserve it...I WORKED for it".
Thay haven't worked for anything.
All the registry is to them is a cash cow....AND, it gives them control. And that's what they're all about. They care not about crime statistics or bloody murders on the city streets. They care about cold-hard-quid.
If the liberals lose the registry, they lose a segment of control over the populace, and they also lose an avenue of cash.
So, don't be fooled by what's right and wrong - factually and statistically. They want it for only 2 reasons - Money and Power
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 0 replies · 0 points
Registering a firearm has nothing to do with the safe storage of a firearm and there's no factual correlation with one registered/unregistered long gun and a negligent discharge causing death.
Call StatsCan, I did.
Unsafe use of a firearm kills kids, so do swimming pools and bicycles. What's your point?
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 0 replies · 0 points
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 0 replies · -1 points
The CBC, CTV and Mcleans have all stated that :
"Conservatives argue the registry has been "$1-billion boondoggle," although a 2006 study by the auditor general found eliminating the long-gun portion of the registry would only save taxpayers about $3
million a year going forward."
This quote is factually incorrect, as referenced in the May 2006 update on the Firearms Registry by the Auditor General. The $3 million figure is not attributed anywhere in any document from the Auditor General's Office
Please see the report itself:
(http://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oa...
The $3 million figure is attributed from a Coalition for Gun Control press release - dated April 1st, 2009 to RCMP Deputy Commissioner Peter Martin
"The RCMP estimate, that if the registration of rifles and shotguns were discontinued, it would save only $3 million per year. (RCMP Deputy Commissioner Peter Martin testimony to the Government Operations and Estimates Committee, November, 2006.)"
(http://www.guncontrol.ca/English/Home/Releases/pr...
However upon review on the Parliament's Government Operations and Estimate Committee records (minutes and evidence), Mr Martin was not a scheduled speaker for any committee meeting in November 2006 - (Please review http://www2.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/Committe...
So either Mr Martin stated this $3 million figure off record, or the number was fabricated by the Coalition for Gun Control.
All ACUTAL AG and RCMP estimate for registration activities run in the $12 million range.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 6 replies · -2 points
The Dawson College shooter had a PAL and a licensed firearm, that didn't stop him from killing.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 2 replies · +1 points
I've known people who have been arrested, threatened with prison, seizure of their homes and their children taken away by social services because they did not register their hunting rifle or for misplaced paperwork.
Please educate yourself before making snide comments.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 2 replies · +1 points
By your logic, pre-1995 the Government could been challenged for discriminating against handgun owners.
Sorry there is no constitutional case for discrimination of handgun owners, otherwise we would of challenged it a LONG time ago.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 4 replies · +2 points
What's interesting to note is that gun owners after registration expose themselves to inspection, search and seizure without warrant simply by having guns. This extrajudical power exists within the Firearms Act.
14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - The case against the g... · 3 replies · +2 points
The Court noted that firearms have been subject to federal regulation for years and that the government of Alberta could not reasonably challenge many of the earlier laws.
So there is no basis for a challenge based on discrimination.