[chris vickery]

The general consensus in the Canadian firearms community now is that recent decisions regarding certain types of firearms being reclassified is merely a test of the firearms community; the ideology being that the Feds want to test the resolve of the firearms community in a limited area, thusly probing us to see what and how the reaction will be. If the community rolls over and accepts things like seizures, compensation or not, then it lays the groundwork to move on to other types of firearms and pick them off one by one. The main trouble has always been a divided firearms community, each group not really understanding the other, nor representing or standing up for each other.
A blackpowder enthusiast is light years away from the tactical shooting guru yet they are one in the same. A gun is a gun, regardless. Some are just more scary looking than others. It is easy for the media to manipulate the facts to pull the wool over the eyes of the general public. Sooner or later Grampa, if it were up to those in power, your Cooey 22 will be gone too.
And respectfully Guy, I can agree that there are probably many Officers doing a job that they find distastefull, it goes with the territory.
I still contend though that someone or a group from within is pushing for the current tactics being used against law abiding citizens.
Firearms amnesties are for criminals, not for law abiding, licensed taxpayers living in a supposedly free country.