tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post5575226478603576531..comments2024-03-03T17:01:57.876-05:00Comments on Montreal Simon: Requiem for the Long-Gun RegistrySimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-39466646715331654522011-12-20T06:53:19.303-05:002011-12-20T06:53:19.303-05:00I did a google search looking for info about peopl...I did a google search looking for info about people's opinions on the long gun registry. Too many are against it then I stumbled on this blog. I think it being abolished is stupid. It should stay. The things the people who hate the registry say are stupid. They think like everyone who owns a long gun is a good person or seomthing. Well they don't think about the mental health issues some people may have or may have later in life. Just stupid stupid people. I'm not happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-47710848600849023012011-10-29T03:03:54.039-04:002011-10-29T03:03:54.039-04:00hi Oemissions...I have been very disappointed by t...hi Oemissions...I have been very disappointed by the low key reaction to the destruction of the gun registry. I realize we can't do anything about it, but I refuse to give in to the gun nutz that easily.<br />As far as I'm concerned scrapping the gun registry is a backward step from a public health point of view, and I intend to make that point as loudly as posible, until the day we can bring it back.<br />My one consolation? My beautiful and oh so Canadian Quebec is talking about setting up its own registry. When they're dropping like flies in the streets of English Canda, I can always take refuge there... :)Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-4829163588637178352011-10-29T02:52:34.081-04:002011-10-29T02:52:34.081-04:00hi anonymous...yes thanks for reminding people abo...hi anonymous...yes thanks for reminding people about Harper's earlier position. Which actually makes him look even worse, if that's possible. He hasn't the courage of his convictions, just the urge to divide and conquer.<br />And an ideological fanaticism that is totally un-Canadian...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-21788654193409336402011-10-29T02:48:51.287-04:002011-10-29T02:48:51.287-04:00hi BC Waterboy...yes you're absolutely right. ...hi BC Waterboy...yes you're absolutely right. This gun registry issue is just another wedge issue for the Cons, designed to pit rural Canadians against those that live in cities. They have never made the slightest attempt to reach a compromise that would satify everyone. But destroying the data is outrageous, they will have blood on their hands, and they will pay for it some day...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-65958911896578869092011-10-29T02:43:43.243-04:002011-10-29T02:43:43.243-04:00hi zoombats...Like you I find it ironic that the l...hi zoombats...Like you I find it ironic that the law and order Cons would be depriving police officers of a tool that can save their lives. With friends like that who needs enemies?<br />I would also like to live in a gun-free society, at least in the cities. But unfortunately we're way beyond that now, so all we can do is try to limit the damage...Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309809679331128837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-52722504745848011692011-10-27T00:03:44.299-04:002011-10-27T00:03:44.299-04:00on CBC almanac at noon today, 3 men occupied the s...on CBC almanac at noon today, 3 men occupied the show with their views on how stupid and expensive the gun registry is, one was an SFU prof with lots of facts<br />near the end of the show, a woman from VAN called in and said, she is furious, this is just an action by fat middle class men with much to gain from it,and all that expense and work from years before is now to wiped out<br />in the evening on CBC, As It Happens, a woman said, now we can expect lots of business in guns, selling a hundred at time if they want to.Oemissionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052778663890940687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-82731575409554054182011-10-26T16:36:46.967-04:002011-10-26T16:36:46.967-04:00Harper initially supported long gun registry
A po...<a href="http://www.canada.com/news/Harper+initially+supported+long+registry/3519676/story.html" rel="nofollow">Harper initially supported long gun registry</a><br /><br />A poll said his constituents supported it, so he voted that way. But then a later poll said his constituents were against it, and he voted the other way.<br /><br />That was then. Now, of course, polls are those stupid not-plebiscites run by the evil undemocratic communists at the Wheat Board that speak gibberish rather than policy... We get instead ideological decisions that listen to nothing and no-one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-66114081926636680182011-10-26T08:59:05.155-04:002011-10-26T08:59:05.155-04:00Hi Simon,
I think this is so much bigger than the...Hi Simon,<br /><br />I think this is so much bigger than the registry itself. It speaks volumes of the overwhelming success the cons have had in framing issues to their advantage. The registry has been tainted with the notion that requiring the so called salt of the earth "sportsmen" to register a gun makes him a criminal. So ridiculous, but very effective. Given the chance they were on the same path with marriage equality, and virtually anything related to LGBT dignity. Also, it took them 2 years but they finally destroyed Michael Ignatieff's political career. Destroying the registry and the data is a huge error in judgement and they will have blood on their already filthy hands.<br />BC WaterboyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23253782.post-41301520454689137132011-10-26T07:04:43.736-04:002011-10-26T07:04:43.736-04:00Harper's has to fill up all those new prisions...Harper's has to fill up all those new prisions eh? If in fact crime is going down, the harpercons can't be taking away criminals options. No but seriously, we have to take all guns of the streets including those in the cops hands.zoombatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17410186340406081099noreply@blogger.com