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Greenhorn

The bill would still have to go to the senate for another dog and pony debate and vote, but hey...this is a milestone!

Wish us luck, brothers south of the 49.

When this turns into law, no more long gun registry, the data is supposed to be destroyed, and no more paperwork or NICS type check to buy, sell or own a long gun.

Mindfield

good luck

Greenhorn

Thank you, Mindfield. This is the first time in my life I have ever seen a bill that was marketed as ''Common sense gun control'' that contains an ounce of actual common sense!

Lazerus2000

And isn't it ABOUT F#$$%%n time that some "common sense" found it's way into the house of commons for a change?

PS: Last night, 22 minutes / Rick Mercer had a really really hilarious .... NOT!! ... skit about this change in Canadian law, especially the bit about now allowing the firing of "warning shots" at home invaders [ as captured on video last year in the classic case where some thugs were throwing Molotov Cocktails at a home, and the home owner was arrested and charged after he scared then off with a warning shot fired into the air ].

Rick started off saying he was in favor of such warning shots ... and escalated all the way to warning shots for those who cut you off in traffic ,,, and warning shots for those who came to your door during dinner trying to solicit for dubious charities.

All good clean Canauckistani fun ... except to some of us whop actually have had to fire "warning shots". My wife was previously married to a very well connected Indian gentleman, friends with the Ghandis in India. She had her mother in law assassinated during the politically motivated purge of the Ghandi supporters. My wife got used to having a Glock under her pillow ... because in India, family is NOT considered off limits in these types of Vendettas.

As for myself, I actually have fired "warning shots" at home invaders. In my case, after the home invaders fled in dis-array, I was charged with " discharging a firearm within the city limits", and all my firearms were seized by the forces of good ... even though I was the injured party and home owner who had called them up in the first place to report the crime. A few weeks later, when no one showed up dead or at a hospital seeking to extract one of my bullets, the minions of the govt returned all my guns to me, along with a stern warning that
" I should leave the police work to the police", and "VIGILANTIES would NOT be tolerated."
Basically, I was treated like some SCAB who had tried to steal a Union Job.

As much respect as I have for the boys in blue, they some times seem to forget that
"When seconds count, the police are only minutes away."
and that Citizens protecting themselves is a GOOD thing for everyone [ except the criminals ] and not an threat to police jobs.

In my case, everything eventually sorted it self out, and I got on with my life,
but not all [ or maybe not even many ] Canadian home owners can get off so lightly if they invoke Castle Doctrine and ATTEMPT TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES WITH A FIRE ARM.

One of my local heros is a lil' ol' lady aka a LOL
a friend of my wife,
who after she came home to find her home ransacked by thieves,
the very next night when home alone,
ended up chasing away a midnight marauder / home invader / repeat offender ...
with her Wakazashi [ Japanes short sword ].
[Her shotgun was in her truck camper, where she slept most week nights while she was on the road ].

The police now had a blood trail to follow, and now also had "probable cause" to check out the scuzzy new neighbors down the block, who they suspected of nefarious doings, but couldn't touch ... just yet ... due process ... alleged perpretrators ... following procedures.

Remember, the job of the police is NOT to prevent crimes,
but to solve crimes AFTER they are committed.

In this case, the 9-11 dispatcher was on the phone with out LOL through the whole incident, and believe me, when the big tough policemen finally arrived at the LOL house, they did NOT rush in to take the Wakazashi away from that near hysterical LOL.

Discretion really IS the better part of valor when it comes to hysterical LOL and lonnnnng, sharp, very Very VERY SHARP, shiny pointy things... as the bleeding "alleged perpetrator" found out.
[;)

SO,
here in Canuckistan,
we may now get to enjoy some of the HOME PROTECTION rights many of our US brethern have taken for granted for centuries.

And that would be a very good thing for us Canucks.

TTFN
LAZ 1
[;)

Greenhorn

You mean our benevolent Government tv channel did a hit piece on gun owners to make us look like A-holes who would would fire shots at the drop of a hat?

Noooo...Say it ain`t so, Laz!

I`m really sorry to hear about what happened after your home invasion...But you can bet they and their friends took ya off their tempting target list after that one. Even though it still got your personal property forcibly taken from ya.

Old lady with samurai weapons teaching some thugs a lesson though. That`s great.

Sweets

The whole thing was nothing but a pre-confiscation plan, and it cost a couple of billion that could have been spent on something useful. Remember who to vote for to avoid a repeat!

guitarguy774

Congrats on this huge achievement! Now if we could only get you guys to legally import SG550 rifles down here!

Greenhorn

Sweets, ain't it the truth.

Especially here in Quebec. I am convinced that CGI (company that built and maintained the Registry database with a $2 Billion price tag) being based here is where the clout to keep the registry comes from...the idiot citizens don't help, but I think the money talks louder than they do.

Guitarguy, believe me, would be happy to sell you one if I could! Hopefully in the future.

Kinda like ITAR exemption up here. The US had offered it to us, Canada said thanks but no thanks.

To order so much as some pairs of iron sights from Brownells takes paperwork now. Sheesh.

Wayne M

From what I've read the Canadian gun laws have been a dismal failure. Good luck to all of you.

Greenhorn

Thanks Wayne, and you are right. I guess it hasn`t worked that well, since lots of us still own some really cool guns! :P I know what you mean though. It clearly has not made anyone safer.

I think we just know that was never the point anyway.

Vote in 30 minutes now.

Lazerus2000

We used to have "Morale" meetings, where the people at the top were telling us RAH RAH RAH, and we poor minions at the bottom were telling them ARGHH .. ARGHH .. ARGHH. At one of these meetings, when one of the Big Wigs brought up the positive image and reputation EDS had in the IT community, I held up my hand and asked
" Wasn't EDS involved in creating the Gun Registry "boon doggle" ... which was being taught in IT classes as the worst case of "Project Scope Creep" known to modern man?? aka what started out as "self financing through user's fees" went all the way to BILLIONS of dollars in the end..

They nearly swallowed their gum!!!

After the meeting,
the VP for HR came up to me,
shook my hand,
and asked my name.

No biggy ...
I kept my job till I was ready to retire ...
and they paid me a bonus to leave.

Apparently,
if you keep pictures of Assault Rifles as your screen saver,
print off AR 15 technical manuals on the printer on a Friday ...
forget about them ..
for the boss to discover still in the printer on Monday,
and IF your co-workes affectionately give you the nickname of
"CRAZY LARRY",
they will be GLAD to pay you to retire ...
quietly!
[;)
LAZ 1

Greenhorn

LMAO.

Imagine if you had not been so discrete :P

Way to tell it, man.

Vote just passed, 159 to 130. Felt great to watch. Now how fast can the Senate pump it out into law?

Honorable mentions from the anti gun speakers...Sawed off shotguns that are not really sawed off but just made that way, and urban assault rifles with 30 clip engagement things.

Edited to add: And this particular bit of brilliance


"when a person called the hotline saying they were gonna kill themselves, we asked how, and they said with a gun, then we knew that there was a gun there, and that the registry could now help in this situation."

Really?

guitarguy774

I would gladly pay the $4000+ price tag for a real deal Sig.

dprice3844444

a warning shot should be properly aimed.improperly discharged warning shots into the air can cause injuries to bystanders far distance from where they are fired from.the proper procedure is bang bang bang,halt or i'll shoot=ooops

Mindfield

LMAO sounds as bright as our politicos, wow