Re: "Blanks" kill actors

["R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good post sir ! I agree with most of what you have said. Safety must be
paramount in any approach to gun control. It amazes me how casual a lot of
gun owners are - even up here in Canada with fiercely strict controls. But I
must take issue with your assertion that registration doesn't lead to
confiscation. Perhaps not in a wholesale way, but speaking from experience,
I can assure you registration does indeed lead to confiscation.

Up here in Canada, we have a three class category for firearms - non
restricted, restricted and prohibited. As the laws changed recently, a great
many of my handguns have been moved into the category of "prohibited" from
"restricted". This was done in a totally arbitrary way by government
agencies BECAUSE THEY COULD. Certain calibres (such as .32 and .25) are now
prohibited; handguns with barrel lengths less than 4 inches are also
prohibited. And certain makes and models are simply prohibited because they
either don't have a valid sporting use, or some bureaucrat somewhere decided
he didn't like them after watching one too many action movies.

Once registered, a firearm is owned by it's registered owner at the whim of
the government. It was only through sheer good luck that I had these
handguns registered before 1988 (which allowed me a "grandfather" clause
out), or I would have been forced to hand them in to the government for
destruction. As it is, I can NEVER sell them to anyone; they must be
destroyed when I die. And God forbid I ever am involved in any way with any
kind of violent act; they will be instantly seized.

A lot is made of the horrors of registration. Some assertions are bogus, but
it can and does lead to confiscation in many instances - make no mistake !

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.homemetal.com


"Shaun Eli" <missingchild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jim,
>
> There are a lot of reasons you didn't hear about gun accidents and
> murders fifty years ago.  One, a lot more guns around now.  Two, more
> densely populated areas means a lot more bystander victims.  Three,
> less publicity back then of a lot of things.  Four, per your example,
> people who kept guns around taught their kids.
>
> As far as why you don't hear all the cases whereby people use guns to
> stop crimes, it's because it rarely happens.  Period.  Versus all the
> times kids find guns improperly stored (I just heard of a study that
> said that one in three households with a gun have it loaded and NOT
> locked away) and shoot their friends.  This happens several times a
> year in NYC alone.  So you can stop using phrases like "Liberal media"
> for the lack of information.  Here in NYC we have Fox News, Fox Cable
> News and the NY Post, and I don't recall seeing any stories recently of
> gun owners stopping crimes.  Unless you count the police as gun owners,
> and they too are sometimes shot with their own guns.
>
> So-- while you may not want people to take away your gun, or your car
> for that matter, wouldn't you agree that some sort of mandatory gun
> safety course, and doing all we can do to keep guns out of the hands of
> people who aren't responsible (and their kids, too) is a good idea?
>
> You can take the idea that registration = confiscation and lock it away
> in your gun case.
>