Heh, good luck Toad, Tree Huggers don't like facts, they prefer to live in their own little idea of what the world should be like.
Here in Canada, our existing laws are where you US guys are heading if that lying idiot Gore gets in, so brace yourselves.
Our laws here have absolutely no effect on criminals, especially the organized crime sector, with which I'm familiar with a few members. Running illegal firearms to drug-heads is as simple as driving through a 6 inch ditch in any of the Prarie provinces here from N.Dokata, Utah, or Montana. I know because I've seen it done.
If governments were actually serious about reducing gun crimes, they'd attack the criminals instead, but then they'd be attacking guys the have closet deals with, and their own pockets would suffer.
The Canadian Police Association here (My old man was prez for 2 years in the early nineties) was very gung ho for the latest gun law, until they realized all the red-tape B.S. involved. They really got worried when only about 10% of the people had bothered registering their firearms in the Provinces with the most guns, since the law-makers informed them that they were the ones who would have to drive around to all the "suspected" houses with firearms and deal with the folks. Talk about looking for trouble.
I.E. Seventy year old farmer, who is VERY set in his ways, and already dislikes the gov't, but normaly would have no problems with the police will probably behave very dangerously when the cops come to tell him he is now a criminal and must turn in his varmit rifle that he's had in the family for years.
Also, the only point the anti-gun retards argue here is that "now the police will know which house has guns and which doesn't". ROFL! What idiocy! Every police officer always assumes the worst on a call, and just because some computer says that the house is un-armed, doesn't mean he can know for certain it is, since criminals don't bother registering their weapons. Typical left-wing democrat/liberal brain deadness. God I wish they'd all go live somewhere else.
Since most of my firearms are already restricted, this registration bunk doesn't have me to worked up, but if they really wanted the people to comply, they should have given something in return. If they said conceal carry permits are available to all those who qualify if they register their long guns, you can bet that they'd have ten times the amount of compliance.
The money is the real issue here, since it's going to cost everyone a minimum of 100$ from this date forward, and then a hell of a lot more for guys with large collections if they hold out and wait for the election here, in hopes of the law being overturned. If they gave me the option of donating 100$ to the RCMP, FBI, or local P.D., I'd much rather see my money be responsible for another cop on the street, instead of lining some studmuffingot member of parliament's pockets (Alan "I'm a target for life now" Rock), as well as serving his own roadkill political agenda.
[This message has been edited by Gman (edited 10-18-2000).]
