stewgots

Ah yes, the intelligence and logic Martin demonstrates with this move is astounding... People who are breaking about 14 different laws by using a handgun to commit murders will be stopped with ease...by simply making it MORE illegal for them to do such acts. This is the same fundamental flaw of the long-gun registry...law abiding gun owners are not the ones committing the crimes...and those who are have already mastered the challenge of getting a hold of a gun illegally. The saddest part is that many big-city voters will blindly fall for this idiocy. I hate to be harsh, but James Rosko demonstrated with horrific clarity that you cannot prevent gun tragedy with firearms bans (i.e. Rosko was banned from possessing any firearm by provisions of the Criminal Code at the time he slaughtered four Mounties with a firearm...the ban didn't work so well did it?) It's political exploitation of the grief of a community at its finest (worst) for Martin to make this kind of announcement which any reasonable person can see has no hope at all of helping the problem. I guess we can hope that the leak of this announcement was a trial balloon and he won't actually go through with it once he gets some feedback...wishful thinking? FTA <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ah yes, the intelligence and logic Martin demonstrates with this move is astounding... People who are breaking about 14 different laws by using a handgun to commit murders will be stopped with ease...by simply making it MORE illegal for them to do such acts. This is the same fundamental flaw of the long-gun registry...law abiding gun owners are not the ones committing the crimes...and those who are have already mastered the challenge of getting a hold of a gun illegally. The saddest part is that many big-city voters will blindly fall for this idiocy. I hate to be harsh, but James Rosko demonstrated with horrific clarity that you cannot prevent gun tragedy with firearms bans (i.e. Rosko was banned from possessing any firearm by provisions of the Criminal Code at the time he slaughtered four Mounties with a firearm...the ban didn't work so well did it?) It's political exploitation of the grief of a community at its finest (worst) for Martin to make this kind of announcement which any reasonable person can see has no hope at all of helping the problem. I guess we can hope that the leak of this announcement was a trial balloon and he won't actually go through with it once he gets some feedback...wishful thinking? FTA <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The liberal feds need votes...anywhere they can get'em,they are sacrificing the very core of this country to get them,and leaving the rest of us,and i mean all of us,even those who are the 'targets' of thier 'help',in thier wake!

the fourth option is faulty"don't know,don't care",i just don't bloody care,this is just another stupid government smokescreen,detracting us from the "hard issues",that they can't seem to deal with!

Toronto StarSupreme Court of Canada, 9 June 2005: Text of DecisionOf course, this was unfortunately bad timing. (On the other hand, did Harper have to give that speech knowing that a Supreme Court decision was pending? Then again, Harper could argue that his speech leaves him with wriggle room - he merely says that the private sector should not dominate.) Like it or not, Harper has a public-persona of being analytical. He is known for his views to make government smaller and respect provincial rights. I suspect that whatever he does, he will never be liked. A portion of the population will absolutely hate him. While he must say that he intends to represent all Canadians, he is a divisive politician - like Margaret Thatcher. I think Harper should decide firmly what he believes in and stick with it. He has no room to nuance. Maybe Canadian federal politics will have to get much worse before people will turn to an honest politician like Harper. Or then again, maybe Harper would do better if he didn't pander to people who will never like him. <{POST_SNAPBACK}>