[Jon Skagfeld]

Well, I'm certainly revved up and outraged at Martin's latest election puffery about banning all handguns in Canada.

First of all, it ain't gonna happen. It's another Liberal false promise which is for photo ops only.

The Liberals just can't get their act together...just two weeks ago the Justice Minister stated that he didn
't believe harsher penalties for those convicted of weapons offences would help curb Toronto's gang and gun violence since Canada has the toughest gun laws in the world.

So now they're tripping over each other in order to show that they are concerned with gun violence. What hypocrites!

There are two principles that the Liberal twits just don't seem to realize...handguns have been required to be registered since the early '30s. So, has the further registration of all firearms curtailed gun violence?...obviously, the answer is NO!

Secondly...and this is so easy to understand...criminals don't register their firearms...only law-abiding citizens do...and having registered them, are subject to confiscation without compensation (which is outright theft!) at the government's whim, via an Order in Council which bypasses parliamentary
debate. I was there in Ottawa on the lawn of the Parliament buildings when then Justice Minister Alan Rock stated "Registration does not mean confiscation". Lying bastard.

One thing which may be in a handgun owner's favour though is
the fact that the Liberals couldn't possibly confiscate hundreds of thousands of handguns without some sort of rebellion (YES, YES). They will probably, if re-elected, fall back on the confiscation of handguns which were declared to be prohibited, but were bought by people who tried to take advantage of a legal loophole which the Canadian Firearms Centre and Dept of Justice thoroughly screwed up. This deals with .25 and .32 cal guns with a barrel length of less than 105 mm. Those who bought them during this period, which was after the final re-registration date, were playing a dangerous crap game and most probably will be forced to turn them in.

Those who possessed and re-registered before that cut off date, and are registered as genuine collectors and belong to an accredited gun club will probably be left alone...for now.

As previously stated, start cajoling, kicking butt, pleading if need be and get people out to vote. Emphasize that Canadians have no property rights enshrined in the Charter of Rights. If guns can be taken away today, what can be taken from you tomorrow?