Re: [Leica] Gun control

[frank theriault <knarf.theriault@sympatico.ca>]

Hi, Greg,

Well, suffice to say that while we may agree on a few points, I strongly disagree with
much of what you say.

That being said, all I was trying to say in my previous post is that saying "guns cause
crimes" is as facile and meaningless as "guns prevent crimes".

I shouldn't have sent that post, as this is a Leica list, and Guns and Gun Control
really needn't be discussed.  I allowed my emotions to get the better of me, and
hopefully I won't let that happen on this list again.

So that's it for me on the subject of Guns and Gun Control.

thanks,
frank

"Greg J. Lorenzo" wrote:

>
> Well Frank, I don't know about elsewhere, but the asinine one billion
> dollar Gun Registry (i.e. Gun Control) boondoggle that was recently
> imposed upon the 99% law abiding gun owners in Canada by the most recent
> estimate has created over one half million new criminals west of the
> Ontario border alone. People in rural areas and smaller centres in
> Western Canada use guns to legally hunt, for varmint control on their
> farms and ranches or simply for target practice or to shoot skeet. Many
> native Canadians, Metis and some rural peoples' use firearms in this
> country to put food on their table.
>
> This new Gun Registry has not  proven to save a single life, reduce
> crime in any measurable way and it certainly has not keep illegal guns
> out of the hands of violent criminals who aren't going to register their
> guns and would never have legally obtained a gun permit under the
> previously stringent laws on hand guns and other conceal able firearms.
>
> It is considered by most Canadians, gun owners or not, as the single
> largest waste of one billion dollars ever made in Canada and that is
> saying something in a country which has been run since the days of
> Lester Pearson by a revolving cast of clowns. Same damn circus,
> different clowns!
>
> There is no question that access to hand guns and certain other firearms
> needs to be regulated and restricted. Firearms within someone's home
> need to be properly stored and locked away with ammunition locked away
> in a separate location, but we had all of that long in place in Canada
> and it is and was working as intended. Large cities would be wise to
> seriously restrict or ban outright the ownership and storage of certain
> firearms within their city limits and I believe most people would
> support these type of measures but the Canadian Gun Registry is nothing
> but an incredibly expensive joke being paid for by the very people who
> don't want it!
>
> BTW, here in Alberta far and away knives and not guns are the weapon of
> choice in bar fights, streetlights and domestic violence. If every gun
> and knife in the country was to disappear in an instant people would use
> clubs, rocks and hockey sticks when they intended to harm someone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Greg
>
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