High River- Police seizure of firearms

[Marc Montgomery]

Tony : dont know why you feel youve intruded, and less why youve removed your posts. This case is an example of what can happen if people dont speak out. And if you let it happen once without a whimper it will happen again, and again and possible get more aggravated with time.
When it happens in one place, we should all be aware. There have already been campaigns- fortunately nipped in the bud- by "do-gooders" who want to ban all old cars...equating them as dangerous with inferior brakes etc, and horrifically polluting.
Insurance companies in many cases, dislike "old" vehicles and insure them with restrictions. "Safety" regulations are becoming absurd and could easily one day force our old military vehicles completely off the roads. Many think that old army vehicles should not even be in private hands in any case.
Removing oneself from a conversation that directly or indirectly does affect our hobby, and our rights and civil liberties, is I think counterproductive



CHRIS- my understanding with the original law was that changes could be made at the discretion of the minister- or by order in council.. dangerous enough I would think as there need be no parliamentary or public discussion! I do not think the RCMP has this discretionary power at all...perhaps they can advise the minister but I doubt they can legally make this decision on their own.