Re: Moose/Sentol

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 1, 5:23=A0pm, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> tourman <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >RHC: No, it's never too late unless you let it be so. If you give up
> >before you start, you are doomed to failure from the get go !!!
> >There's a huge fund raising drive getting started across this country
> >to raise money for the next election. It's targeted at eliminating
> >those gutless MP's who flipflopped on the vote. It's also targeted at
> >ending the long gun registry as an election issue. I've already given
> >a lot of money; I hope all shooters will also...
>
> This has been an interesting read. =A0So are you restricted from owning a=
 handgun
> in Canada? =A0And your 30-.06 is illegal for hunting?! =A0That is the pre=
ferred
> round for deer hunters in TX. =A0
>
> All you have to do in TX to buy any gun (besides class 3 - automatic rifl=
es,
> silencers, and certain other parts) is fill out a form and the dealer mak=
es a 5
> minute phone call. =A0The answer comes back "proceed, hold, or no".
>
> It's also legal to own a fully automatic M-16, AR-15, or AK47 but that re=
quires
> more paperwork.

RHC:No Graham, I am not restricted from owning a handgun. I just can't
do anything with it unless I belong to a gun club, and have obtained
an Authorization to Transport from my home to that gun club. Since I
compete with a handgun (IPSC / USPSA), I have other permits that allow
me to travel from my home to a border crossing point. After that, I
have a US ATF Form 6 allowing me to transport to any sporting event in
the USA, plus a North Dakota hunting license to allow me to possess
ammunition in the US, plus invitations from the clubs where I shoot.
All in all, they fill a binder about half an inch thick !!

In Canada, we have an overall gun license called a Possession
Acquistion License, good for five years, requiring government
sanctioned safety courses, police background check for criminal or
mental health problems, plus a sign off by your spouse you represent
no threat to her. Once cleared by the RCMP, you are permitted to buy
firearms which fit in three different classes, unrestricted (long guns
and shotguns), restricted (handguns, small short barrelled firearms of
the military persuasion, plus any other gun that "looks bad"
determined by bureaucrats; and prohibited firearms (guns with barrels
less than 4 inches, certain calibres such as .380 and .25, and fully
automatic firearms). These you can only possess (never shoot) only if
you owned them before 1988....they are grandfathered and go to the
scrap heap upon your death)

The PAL might seem onerous but overall it is a good piece of licensing
that serves to ensure those who shouldn't have legal firearms are
prevented from doing so, plus ensures all gun owners are trained in
safe handling and storage etc. BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS IT SHOULD
GO !!!!!!! Further registries do nothing to enhance public safety and
only serve to control and restrict those guns that legitimate owners
possess....

The point that some don't get is ....there is never enough gun control
for many people - period !! If you allow those in power  to erode
rights and privileges little by little, you end up with nothing left.
Any government in a free society should have to PROVE why they intend
to take away any rights of honest people. In a free society, you don't
have to prove the NEED for anything. As long as you obey the laws and
harm no one else, you are free to do what you wish !! Not the other
way around.....

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the ultimate end of all
this registration BS is to abolish all firearms from the hands of
private citizens, as per one of the UN mandates. They just have to do
it in a multitude of little, less onerous ways....It's called "two
steps forward, one back"..... Unfortunately, such an opinion is seen
by many up here as "right wing", "paranoid" or "over the top". I'd
rather be called any of those things so long as I can help prevent
this from happening.!!!!