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keehah 11-05-2009 02:19 PM
Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
I expected the Conservatives would have found an excuse to drop this long time campain promise.

However this could mean little. I'm left wondering why our elected representatives were only allowed to vote for a study by government minions: He helped write the private members bill that won approval Wednesday night to be studied by a committee.

GlobeAndMail, Nov.04,09: Vote to kill gun registry passes
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�I was just blown away by the support we got,� said Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz, who led the battle against the registry in opposition. He helped write the private members bill that won approval Wednesday night to be studied by a committee. �I'm relieved after 15 years, finally we get some action on one of the biggest boondoggles in Canadian history.�

Both Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and NDP Leader Jack Layton allowed their MPs a free vote, even though both leaders officially support the registry.

Following the vote, the two parties were sharply criticized by Wendy Cukier, the President of the Coalition for Gun Control, who was in the House of Commons for the vote.

�It's appalling,� she told reporters Wednesday evening. �It wasn't even close. You had urban MPs not stand up for gun control. � Many Canadians are going to wake up [Thursday], I predict, and will be absolutely horrified.�

Conservatives widely expected the vote would be very close. They were clearly surprised by the size of the 164 to 137 win.

Earlier in the day, Mr. Ignatieff said he supported decriminalizing the federal long gun registry.

In the highly polarized debate that has raged in Ottawa for years, Mr. Ignatieff said his party is working on a proposal that aims to find a middle ground.

The notion of decriminalizing the registry would be a response to one of the main criticisms of the registry's critics: that law-abiding hunters could, in theory, become criminals for failing to properly fill out the registry's paperwork.

Neither Mr. Ignatieff nor his staff would not offer further details, but past advocates of decriminalizing the registry have suggested the criminal provisions could be replaced with non-criminal fines.

�It's not the end of the registry tonight,� said Mr. Ignatieff Wednesday, dismissing the vote as �mischief� on the part of the Conservatives. �The fundamental issue is to make sure that we get a system of gun control which works both for rural Canada and for urban Canada.�

Apocalypto 11-05-2009 02:37 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
The gun registry is one of the dumbest things the Liberals ever brought in.

Professur 11-05-2009 02:43 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Apocalypto (Post 2009574)
The gun registry is one of the dumbest things the Liberals ever brought in.
Same can be said for Mr. Ignatieff

Bx3 11-05-2009 04:41 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
I wish you guys the best of luck.:coolbeer:Bx3

Golddust 11-05-2009 05:41 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
It is nice to see our brothers and sisters up north
finally coming to their senses..

Now if only England and Australia could do the same....

One of them maybe, the other methinks too far gone..

The Shadow 11-05-2009 08:04 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
�It's appalling,� she told reporters Wednesday evening. �It wasn't even close. You had urban MPs not stand up for gun control. � Many Canadians are going to wake up [Thursday], I predict, and will be absolutely horrified.�

Dumb Broad..... it was a private members bill, which means the MP CAN VOTE HIS CONSCIENCE or heaven forbid, what he thinks his constituents might want.

He/she doesn't have to follow the party line.:rose:

shades2 11-05-2009 08:35 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
Maybe Canada is more progressive than I gave them credit for...

moreair 11-05-2009 08:48 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
Hope you all get your rights back. Can you guys have any type of hand-guns up there? IF not, how are you to protect yourself while fishing or going for a hike? Do you just have to always carry a big shotgun?

CQC McDuck 11-05-2009 09:27 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
Hopefully they'll decriminalize AKs for you guys too. :)

SWRichmond 11-05-2009 09:56 PM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Golddust (Post 2009923)
It is nice to see our brothers and sisters up north
finally coming to their senses..

Now if only England and Australia could do the same....

One of them maybe, the other methinks too far gone..
England is descending into a Hell of their own making, and I think nothing can stop it.

Australia might survive if they can turn around soon.

Old Steel 11-06-2009 12:11 AM
Re: Vote to kill Canadian long gun registry passes
 
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Originally Posted by moreair (Post 2010252)
Hope you all get your rights back. Can you guys have any type of hand-guns up there? IF not, how are you to protect yourself while fishing or going for a hike? Do you just have to always carry a big shotgun?

Yes you can purchase handguns but you need a special restricted firearms license for that. You need a permit to transfer the handgun home and it has to be double locked with any ammunition stored seperate from it.

Then you need a separate permit to transfer the handgun to a range to shoot it. All handguns are "range queens" which is the only place you are allowed to shoot them or any other restricted firearms.

Also any handgun with a barrel shorter than 4.1 inches is classed prohibited as are AK, HK and other so called assault firearms.

They really did a number on us up here.


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