Re: "Blanks" kill actors

["mikey" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Seems we've found your area of expertise, Mr. Campbell, you are absolutely
bang on in this post.

"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> You mistakenly forget the will of people NOT to be forced to do what is
> against their strong beliefs. The American belief in the Second Amendment
is
> widely held and rigorously defended. Unless US citizens let down their
> guard, it will NEVER happen in the US. I wish I could say the same for
> Canada, but we have no such protection.
>
> What our government has created is a huge "grey market" for the transfer
of
> firearms between otherwise honest citizens. No one wants to bother with
this
> huge inept bureaucracy, so guns are sold just as before between private
> citizens, only "under the counter" so to speak. And all of these firearms
> are ones that have not been registered and likely never will be. And they
> probably represent about 75% of all the guns in Canada. So now that gun
> owner who happens to come upon a stray handgun, and who would have
> previously either turned it in, or registered it as required, will simply
> tuck it away in a drawer someplace. And why wouldn't he ? He's already
> facing prosecution for not registering his duck gun, so he might just as
> well do the same for this new handgun. And the erosion of faith in the law
> continues unabated......
>
> Half the provinces in Canada have refused to obey this Federal law and do
> not enforce it provincially at all. It's considered a joke in most rural
> provinces. It's only a matter of time (and the right government) before
this
> costly boondoggle dies of it's own weight (it took 15 years for it to die
in
> New Zealand).
>
> Governments can do whatever they want, but you are VERY wrong if you think
> that people will willingly give up their personal private property simply
> because someone deems them suddenly illegal.
>
> RHC
>
> "Shaun Eli" <missingchild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > If they want to take your guns away they will take your guns away,
> > registration or not.  Sure, a list makes it easier, but that's a
> > different issue.
> >
> > Here in the U.S. we can barely ban cop-killer bullets, can barely pass
> > laws requiring background searches, so it's unlikely that anyone will
> > take any gun away from any law-abiding citizen (not granting carry
> > permits is a different issue).
> >
>
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