Cecil Moore wrote:

Bob wrote:

Where did you read/hear crime is Canada is skyrocketing?


Canadians Resisting Tough New Gun Law
By Colin Nickerson, The Boston Globe,
Published Wednesday, January 10, 2001, in the Miami Herald

"But even the (Canadian) federal government concedes that a minimum
of 400,000 of the country's estimated 2.2 million gun owners have
refused to comply -- a shocking figure in a society where respect
for the law is second nature. And the real tally of noncompliers
may be much higher: Gun groups count six million privately owned
rifles and shotguns in Canada, meaning that millions of citizens
may be defying the law."

If millions of citizens choosing to become criminals is not
a skyrocketing crime rate, I don't know what is.


Cecil,

That's a civil protest, the people 'protesting' in this fashion are
already registered FAC (Firearm Acquisition Certificate) holders. What
they are doing is protesting the BILLION+ dollar fiasco that was
originally put forth as something that would cost taxpayers $2 million.
The fellows protesting are openly identifying themselves, not hiding
from the law. Furthermore, the federal government has already backed
down on enforcing it and the opposition party (that would be the
Conservative party, not the Liberal party - they are the current
Majority; but I'm sure you already knew that) is attempting to have it
scrapped entirely - something the Canadian Association of Chiefs of
Police also want scrapped. (rumour has it the bad guys have neither an
FAC nor a specific permit per firearm.) That's what this foolishness is
all about - registering EACH SPECIFIC firearm separately.

As an NRA guy, I don't think your would refer to these fellows as criminals.

Bob