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Canada Abolishes Rifle, Shotgun Registration

(The Blaze/AP) — Canada’s Conservative government introduced legislation Tuesday to scrap a controversial law that requires the registration of rifles and shotguns.Canada gets rid of long gun registry

Canada has long required registration of hand guns, but the long-gun registry law passed in 1995 faced bitter opposition from rural Canada, the Conservative party’s base, which considered it an overreaction to the problem of urban crime.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said they don’t want laws targeting law-abiding citizens such as hunters.

Police and victims groups are voicing opposition, but the Conservatives have a new majority in Parliament after national elections in May, and can now scrap the law.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper previously tried to kill it, but his bill was narrowly defeated in the last Parliament.

The former Liberal government passed the tougher gun control law after Marc Lepine shot to death 14 students with a semiautomatic rifle at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique in 1989.

Families of the victims began holding news conferences and lobbying politicians. By March 1991, they had collected 550,000 names on a petition urging federal action.Canada gets rid of long gun registry

After the bill won final passage in 1995, former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien’s first comment was that many Americans would be envious. Chretien noted that the U.S. went the other way and said and it would give Canada “a personality different from the people of the south of us and I’m very proud.”

But Harper’s Conservative government vowed to abolish the law when they took power in 2006 and the Conservatives celebrated the announcement Tuesday.

“The Harper government has stood on the side of law-abiding firearms owners, farmers, hunters, and rural Canadians in every region of this country,” said Conservative lawmaker Candice Hoeppner, who joined Conservative colleagues in announcing the new bill at a farm outside of Ottawa.Canada gets rid of long gun registry

Hoeppner said the registry has been a waste of taxpayers’ dollars, close to $2 billion. She called it a “defining moment” for the Conservative government.

But an internal evaluation from Canada’s national police force found the federal gun registry was a useful tool for police. An umbrella group for Quebec police forces also said rifles and shotguns are most used to kill police officers in domestic violence cases, suicides and incidents involving youth.

The Coalition for Gun Control urged Canadians to tell their lawmakers to oppose the legislation.

Priscilla de Villiers, whose daughter, Nina, was abducted and killed with a legally owned rifle, defended the long-gun registry.

“No law can prevent all tragedies. But a gun-control law, which includes registration and is rigorously implemented, makes it harder — not easier — for dangerous people to get firearms,” she said.

The new bill will repeal the requirement to register long guns, and calls for the destruction of all records pertaining to the registration of long guns currently contained in the Canadian Firearms Registry.

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  • CottonMPG
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:59pm

    Well as least our gun laws haven’t gotten that bad yet. So far we haven’t had to register hunting rifles or shotguns, at least not in Florida. I think nation wide in the US it is legal to buy a rifle or shotgun with no waiting and no registration.

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    • dorightfearnothing
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:02pm

      It’s coming though…..

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:13pm

      We do here in Jersey. We even still have the Scary Looking Weapon ban in effect here… Oh and shootings have increased dramatically each time a new restriction is enacted!

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:13pm

      The 2cd Adm. Has nothing to do with hunting.

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    • countrysideflair
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:31pm

      I don’t know where you live, but when I bought my long guns in Washington state, I had to fill a long form, full of questions and then run through a criminal check, etc. Took a good 2 hours from start to finish. Major pain in the butt.

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    • STS2_SS_Iver
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:32pm

      Ha! In Massachusetts it sure is a process to buy ANY weapon.

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    • PPMStudios
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:39pm

      Not in Colorado. Every pistol, rifle, and shotgun purchased has a back gound investigation that accompanies it.

      Good for Canada!!

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    • AnOregonian
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:43pm

      Oregon requires a background check prior to a “over the counter” long gun purchase.

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:49pm

      I wonder how many people died in car crashes the Year that Marc Lepine killed those 14 people? How many 10s of thousands died of cancer, the flu, murder by knife, strangling etc. Guns get a real bad rap in this situation because its all at once and its seen in real time, but with the millions of law abiding citizens out there who own guns and do not repeat these heinous crimes makes the other stats pale in comparision. I’m glad the Canucks have some balls on this one. Who knows, those hunters may save their asses someday.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:54pm

      Harper is still a globalist stooge.

      He needs to go as well.

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    • DaveRoss1939
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:55pm

      California – 10 day waiting period on all fire arm purchases, open carry has been banned by the Legislature and signed into law by “Governor Moon Beam” and other idiots. Ammunition registration was defeated recently, but will be back. If California would split up it’s electoral votes, there would never be another democrat elected – San Francisco and Los Angeles control the entire states electoral votes. Most counties in the state are conservative, but not enough population in those areas to swing the vote.

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    • TRILO
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:58pm

      Just bought two rifles for hunting had to go through the standard FBI check and they listed the type and serial number of the rifles that were purchased.

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:03pm

      Damn right it’s coming to a town near you…the progressive master plan does not work with an armed citizenry.

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    • 4GODUSAANDISRAEL
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:13pm

      I love Idaho. Walmart holds a 1 cent over retail sale every so often, went in got a new .22 and .30-06. I had to fill out the background check paper work, but I was in and out in 20 minutes with my new rifles.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:34pm

      DaveRoss1939:
      So, in California, only the ILLEGAL ALIENS AND LAWLESS PEOPLE HAVE GUNS, RIGHT? Oh, and did I forget, the same people who outlawed your guns, HAVE GUNS. So, this means you should get more involved in overturning those dumb laws. All of you in California, who are NOT liberals, should do 1 of two things:
      1. Make contact with pro-gun groups and SUPPORT THEM IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!
      2. Get out of that state. Move to a state that does not limit your freedoms. Good site to start with:
      http://www.ccrkba.org/
      Otherwise, you are doomed. This is why we need to remove the U.N. and other global entities from our sovereignty. The U.N. wants to remove our guns, but I do believe they won’t try it right now. They will wait until we are asleep again. SO, AMERICANS: STAY AWAKE!!!

      One of the strongest pro gun arguments is the simple undeniable truth that, in most cases, strict gun regulations have not worked. Britain’s 1997 ban on all handguns was supposed to be the gold standard of what rigid restrictions on guns and ammo could do for the world. However, the end result was that banned handguns became the weapon of choice and the use of these guns in crime rose by 40% from 1998 to 2000. The rate of violent crime in England’s inner cities more than doubled from 1997 to 2001. So the answer to the question of banning weapons to make the nation safer can be plainly stated: No. http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/7819

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    • theaveng
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:42pm

      Getting a gun is no hassle at all.
      I just visit “T Dog” down in the city. He also supplies me with weed, coke, and other so-called “banned” substances. No prob at all.

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    • The Voice of Libertarian Reason
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:21pm

      Sir consider yourself lucky; in Massachusetts you must obtain a license (and you are not gauranteed one, this is a “may issue” state, not a “shall issue” state) to purchase any weapon, including mace or pepper spray. Also all firearms must be registered.

      @BSDETECTOR … HAHA “Scary weapon ban” … we have that here too. I have to buy a different rifle for myself and my girlfriend because her arms are short and she can’t safely operate my rifle when we go plinking. But those adjustable stocks, which would fit both my long lanky arms, and her short arms, are just too “evil” to be legal.

      Live and let live!

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    • Morris
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Don,t worry Dictator Barack Hussein Obama is working on taking away our guns,he is out
      to destroy our 2-nd Amendment!
      AS soon as guns start showing up at these protests,Dictator Obama will declare “MARTIAL LAW”,
      He said that he would do what ever it takes, he will get the guns out of our American hands!!!
      WATCH HIM,IMPEACH HIM,SAVE OUR AMERICA,SAVE OUR 2ND AMENDMENT!

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    • chazman
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:40pm

      … our frozen bretheren to the North realize that it’s not good to have your rights taken away by Marxist thinkers. Hey Canuks!! An armed society is a polite society!! Stay armed!!

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    • Harpotoo
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:02pm

      Every time you buy a rifle you fill out a FORM and it’s called into the FBI right? You think that info just disappears, I don’t.

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    • Amren
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:09pm

      It always sucks when people get killed needlessly. However, these “Victim’s Groups” always focus on the TOOL, not the PERSON RESPONSIBLE!
      I can kill more people in my truck faster than I can with my AK-47. All I have to do is drive through a Farmer’s Market. Will they go after cars and trucks if I do? Nope. This is NEVER ABOUT THE VICTIMS! This is ALWAYS about DISARMING LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS!!!!
      WHEN, WHEN, WHEN will we pull our heads out and tell these COMMUNIST GUN GRABBERS to go to hell???
      Thank God Canada took a step in the right direction!
      AMERICANS, They will be coming for your guns, soon. What will you do?

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    • jackeric61
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 5:44pm

      The last time I checked parts of the Brady bill was passed and all gun purchases have a federal form to be filled out and you are checked out bt the FBI. If your back ground check comes back bad no sale. All fire arms sales are registered with the FBI and oversite by the ATF.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 7:42pm

      I guess you don’t consider filling out a paper form, having the FBI run background check, and that form and processig number from the FBI being stored on record by the seller of the new firearm is registration. If you believe that we don’t already have a defacto registration system put in place on every thing considered more dangerous than a knife you must have jell-o between your ears because you cannot put one and one together to make two.

      While it is true that private transfers are unregulated… that is only on non-automatic weapons and if you happen to build a rifle yourself and don’t have it registered by the ATF they can get you for having an unregistered explosive device. We live in a police state and are in a cage that most people choose not to see because they are truly afraid of being outside of it and fear the meaning of true Liberty.

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    • LOTO
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 9:47pm

      They are that bad.
      You do have to fill out the form if you purchase either from an FFL dealer.
      It is not only a felony that disqualifies a sale.
      http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-4473-1.pdf

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    • TomFerrari
      Posted on October 27, 2011 at 7:00am

      California is so out of control, they ban INDIVIDUAL models of weapons, not classes.
      For instance, I wanted an HK45 (not the USP) – NO GO !
      Why? It was not an “approved” weapon.
      Best I could figure, it had something to do with a lack of a visible indication of whether a round was chambered or something idiotic like that.
      I finally had enough of their stupidity and moved out of California!

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    • Fedup
      Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:49am

      Good for Florida. In NEW JERSEY they have had Firearms ID cards since 1968. You need to be finger printed, go through a State Police Background check to make sure you have committed no crimes and they do a mental health background check to make sure you have not been institutionalized for a mental health problem before you can even get the FIREARMS ID CARD. And if you want to buy a handgun you need a separate pistol permit: You need a firearms ID card first then you have to apply for a pistol permit which they do the the State Police and Mental Health background checks all over again. The permit is good for ninety days and can be renewed once. It is for one gun only. Corzine(D) passed a law that you can only buy one firearm a month (keep voting for those Democrats you morons) so now you can only apply for one pistol permit at a time. You used to be able to apply for as many as you wanted. IT takes one month for the State to process the permit and $26. (sometimes longer). Needless to say we will be moving to PA in two years once retired. All you have to do in Pa to buy any kind of gun is give them your driver’s license and have the run the NICS check.

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    • charleyrocks
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:30am

      Canada doesn’t have much crime not like the usa, they don’t have to look over their shoulders every time it is dark out. It’s a different culture. In many areas a locked door is unheard of. And the criminals will always find a way to get a gun registered or not. no matter where they live.

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    • luckyfreeman69
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:51pm

      only in florida

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  • This_Individual
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:57pm

    It’s a start.

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  • WhimsyB
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:53pm

    What you never read in the leftist media is that Marc Lepine’s real name (the guy who massacred the women in 1989) is Gamil Gharbi. His father was a Muslim who hated women..

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine

    Thank you PM Harper, for finally doing the right thing.

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  • Lantern
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:52pm

    Now, if we can get our own government to follow suit……..

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  • garyM
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:50pm

    Eliasim I think you are right, if God wanted us to be brain dead on life support, he would have gave us one built-in at birth!

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  • Islamislame
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:48pm

    Make sense…good move. Hey Canadians, if you’re looking for a good place to purchase guns, contact Eric Holder and the BATF. Word is, they’ll run guns over the border for you, no questions asked.

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    • luckyfreeman69
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:09pm

      that was only a small handfull of the semi automatic weapons that they wanted to use against our brave unarmed DEA agents out on the front lines..These are the guys that stopped the biggest shippmenst coming into Arizona from Mexico that had 10000 fully automatic rifles rps. shoulder fired misiles m79′s a truck load of greandes about 4000 semi auto pistols..Remember this was only 1 of the shipment stopped by the deceased DEA…what do you expect 50miollion illegals crossing the border there are 10 million sleeper cells here in this country and these were the weapons that were going in to the USA to all of these criminals…Throw Calderone out of the USA

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    • luckyfreeman69
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:11pm

      Just another thought here I bet you half of those fully automatic firearms were onroute to Canada…Tear the firearms registry up now..This is porqua (WHY)

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  • tankyjo
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:47pm

    Good job, a few sane people at work.

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  • Gashouse Gorilla
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:45pm

    Canadians ain’t so dumb. Congrats, all you Canucks!

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  • abandonship
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:44pm

    The premise that gun control laws will make it more difficult to obtain weapons is simply false. The criminals will obtain weapons through illegal means, thus sidestepping any government-placed regulations. The effect of gun control will only have a detrimental effect on the law abiding citizens who wish to simply protect themselves. It is the means of tyranny to disarm the people of a society that would prevent them to protect themselves, not from just each other, but from the government itself. “All power comes from the barrel of a gun” — Mao Zedong, and since the government knows that it can only establish rule by force, then it will attempt to take away the ability of a people to defend themselves. Furthermore, if everyone carried a weapon and knew how to use it, then there would be a lot less person crimes to begin with. “An armed society is a polite society” — Robert Heinlein

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    • GENE BLISTER
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 6:30pm

      @abandonship You make the only logical argument that can be made, proven unquestionably countless times by testable, reproducible, unequivacable facts. That being said, however, I state again- the liberal, socialist, marxist, collectivist, communist, progressive or democrat doesn’t live who has matured beyond the age of 12: self-involved; egotistical and arrogant; lacking the life experience or reasoning ability to enable them to form an opinion worth hearing; locked in a world of tangerine trees, marmalade skies and solar-powered unicorns. Attempting to bring adolescents’ magical thinking into reality is a waste of time, energy and resources. Ignore them when you can (they’ll eventually exhaust themselves throwing tantrums), slap them down hard when you must (there’s nothing more cowardly than a self-entitled liberal facing truth and strength of conviction, since they know neither).

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    • luckyfreeman69
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 6:56pm

      agreed and with the KGB backed judges and the ones that have the full sized pictures hanging on thier bedroom walls this is where the long gun registry came from the man they all idolize the government control freak the 1 and only Adolph…Tear up the firearms registry now …Commit a murder crime with a firearm…or an armed robbery or home invasion get life in prison of get put to death after a jury finds you guilty..Thats it thats all that is needed..abolish Judges that are on the KGB payroll…You know the ones that idolize Adolph‘s policie’s

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  • liberalsarealiens
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:44pm

    Ahhhhh, a glimmer of sanity! I’m astounded at this news coming from our nothern friends! Good on ya!

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    • luckyfreeman69
      Posted on April 11, 2012 at 7:00pm

      Tres Bien Merci Beaucoup… Un capachino avec la lait si vous plait Vous et tres Joliet madamouselle Still here brothers in arms (COMRADS) Mon amis…

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:43pm

    The Great White North just got a little greater….

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    • Lemon Party Patriot
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:45pm

      Why don’t you move on up to Hoth then, buddy.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:03pm

      I think we should HUNT a Lemon Party Patriot. Aren‘t those the brainless animals that don’t clean up after themselves? OR, maybe we should hogtie them and ship them off to Australia or the UK where there are no guns except for criminals. He would do just fine there, right, Lemon Party Patriot? I think Lemon Party Patriot should move to one of those 2 countries as it will be a cold day in hell before ANY gun owner in America will give up their guns for people like you or our criminal government.

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    • amsmith41974
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:08pm

      @ lemon p.p. why don’t you move to Hoth! It’s leftists like you that try to twist facts and arguments so that they back up your claims. Lets try looking to cities like detroit Washington D.C., New Orleans, and states like New Jersey that have elected the likes of ray nagin, Kwame Kilpatrick, jon corzine et al. and look at their crime rates and their overbearing unconstitutional gun laws.

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    • whitaker
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 4:25pm

      Why so sour lemon? A set back for your global commie movement?

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  • spinelessdave
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:43pm

    May I suggest the saiga 12 gauge semiauto with a magazine to hold 15 rounds
    for those pesky deer !!!!!

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    • towerguy
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:39pm

      Or a 20 round drum. Sometimes those deer just won’t stand still. :-)

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  • Slayer
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:43pm

    Nothing Obama is doing is directly limiting the right to bear arms. That’s because he knows that movement on a national level brings swift response. What the Left does practice against gun ownership is incremental totalitarianism/gun control at the local, county and state level which is much harder to catch and can claim large numbers of victories for them.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:11pm

      Well, it won’t happen here in Ohio because Governor Kasich is a gun-owner rights advocate and a true conservative. It will not happen in Ohio as we have more law-abiding gun-owners than most states, except Texas and those western states. The northern midwest states are usually IFFY, but Ohio won’t stand for some candy-butt liberal telling us what to do with out guns. The minute they knock on my door will be the minute I answer with my concealed carry gun, “Don’t worry about outrunning my dogs. Worry about outrunning my gun!” That happened once when a Democrat came to my door asking me to support a Democrat candidate (I always carry my gun in my holster, even around the house). They totally freaked. As he was running from my front door, I yelled, “I wasn’t going to shoot, honest! I thought you were a burglar. Come back, please……NOT.” Of course, I am a law-abiding citizen and have never even gotten a ticket, but our neighborhood had some home invasions at that time and I was taking no chances. He was as green and petrified as anything or anyone I have ever seen. I laughed for hours!

      CANADA: I SALUTE YOU!

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:00pm

      @I Support

      Yeah, not many people know that Ohio is extremely gun friendly. Now that we got restaurant carry passed we actually come out way ahead of even Texas for 2nd Amendment rights (we can open carry with no license, no permission and no permits required; Texans cannot).

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    • buzdburd
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 3:39pm

      I’m a Buckeye as well and have purchased a few handguns and long rifles over the past 12 months. Go the the gun show (they have doubled in number since Obama took office), fill out the federal form, the vendor makes a quick phone call and 20 minutes later I was walking out w/ my firearm.

      Gotta love the gun shows!

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  • garyM
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:40pm

    Smart move…now stop arresting people who are Christians from peaching the whole council of God and you’ll be on the road to a free nation again!

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    • DYNA
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:45pm

      @Garym
      Good point!

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    • Gashouse Gorilla
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:58pm

      Well said, GaryM

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:21pm

      I am a follower of Christ, a Christian, and I carry a gun with a legal concealed carry permit. I do believe that God would not want me to allow the devil victory over me, so if I am attacked (without my provoking it) in my home, or on the street, with a gun, guess what? You‘ll get to meet your maker and it won’t be God. Will I be sorry? NOT FOR DEFENDING MYSELF. I will only be sad that I had to do it as I would never want to kill or hurt another human being, really I do not. BUT, if you are foolish enough to challenge me with your evil superiority, then you’d better be ready for battle because I do believe the Constitution was God-inspired, which includes the 2nd Amendment, and with that, I will shoot you if you challenge me to that fight upon attacking me, my family, my home, or wherever I am.

      I hope that those of you reading this, who want to take guns away from law-abiding citizens, understand that even if you do pass a law to remove guns, IT JUST WON’T HAPPEN. All you will do then is make law-abiding citizens unlawful abiding citizens, meaning, we will bury our guns or hide them for such a time as we need them. I also have SWORDS, bow and arrows and all kind of hunting-type weapons. I use them all very well. I suggest before you attack me or my home, that you make a very careful assessment of your possible outcome. I WILL WIN AND YOU WILL BE DEAD, I promise you. DO NOT TEST ME.

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  • steveh931
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:39pm

    That is great news!

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:39pm

    A good move for Canada, as our government tries to disarm Americans.

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    • 48
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:42pm

      Good for Canada, it’s about time.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:37pm

    Gun bans doesn’t lower crime. Gun ownership does. EVERY study done verifies this. Gun control is for governments way of controlling the people. “Tyranny is when people fear the government. Liberty is when government fear the people.” – Thomas Jefferson

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  • Eliasim
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:37pm

    Isn’t Liberty the way of the Lord? Now the accusers will accuse God of being the ultimate dictator, but is God….really? Didn’t God give men the Holy Bible for them to freely understand, and do men? Do men understand that by God saying give me your first-born, that is God telling men how to make it so that your first-born understand the Father’s word is good? And in the understanding of the Bible men should have seen how the light is divided into all people. And if people understood this thing, then when someone is brain-dead and on artificial life-support thereby the answer is clear what to do. Then the light is divided this way: the people who oppose the disconnection of life support, they understand a lot of the Commandment “Thou shall not kill”, and those who want the person disconnected from life-support, they understand a lot of the Commandment of “Give me your children” which means to let the Lord decide what will become of them. Moreover it is that both view-points are correct, and yet both view-points are incorrect, but yet they both work towards good.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:43pm

      And the reason both view-points are incorrect is because they haven’t yet figured out why it is they have those view-points. Therefore how do they make a sound decision? The correct decision is to give them to the Lord to see what the Lord does.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 2:51pm

      God does not reward stupidity. The problem with Americans today is they’ve lost their COMMON SENSE. Christians are fighting a SPIRITUAL battle and not a carnal one. Therefore, if a person, who does not follow or obey Christ, allows himself.herself to be overtaken by evil, then it is a CHOICE. I also have a CHOICE. God would NOT fault, condemn, or blame someone for defending themselves or their families. The devil is the one who has come to steal, rob, and take away from the good people of God. Therefore, the spiritual battle ends up becoming a carnal battle of WILLS. If I have a gun and I follow God, which I do, it will depend on how you perceive the scriptures. This is why God has told us that if we want more wisdom, TO ASK FOR IT. I do all the time as I do not want to make a decision that is not thought out. I pray daily, read my Bible, and I daily ask the Lord to protect my home and my being. HE ALWAYS HAS AND ALWAYS WILL. Why? Because I have asked for HIS wisdom and I follow HIS commandments. I try to live peacefully with all men, even the ones who do not like me. It took me YEARS to get to this place, so it is NOT instantaneous. The reason God is NOT prevalent or honored in our society is NOT because He has left us. WE HAVE LEFT HIM. WE have allowed the MINORITY to rule over us. Lately, when I get into a debate with the opposing side, I tell them to PRAY ON IT and ask for wisdom. 9 out of 10 times, they come with changed minds.

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  • GhostOfJefferson
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:37pm

    Beauty job, eh?

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  • 11:11
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:34pm

    good for you Canada!

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  • cessna152
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:32pm

    That is why I am moving OUT of NJ!!! New Jersey requires a “Firearms ID card” in order to purchase ammo, guns and yes, BB guns! Good for you Canadians, I gained a bit more respect for our Norther neighbors…

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:58pm

      Good on you for moving. I cannot imagine why any sane person would voluntarily stay in NJ, it smacks of a huge police state.

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  • hi
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:30pm

    I am all for owning guns so the jihadists or occupiers cannot take us over. However, when my friend worked in the ER in Canada, the knife wounds were far less serious than when he worked in the US and saw gunshot wounds.

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    • silkworm19
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:36pm

      “Give me Liberty or Give me Death.” I’d rather die a free man protecting myself with a gun, than having my protection rights handed over to a government official who arrives 5 minutes too late.

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    • BetsyRoss1513
      Posted on October 26, 2011 at 1:59pm

      silkworm – nice, concise!

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  • 45-ACP
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:28pm

    A step in the right direction. Almost makes me proud of those Canoks. ALMOST.
    45

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:26pm

    Good for Canada.

    in the Great Plains America, no one but our family needs know what we own in our family arsenal.
    we just hope Americans are truly ready for when obama tries to disarm us. there is less than a year now for him to go Fuhrer on us.

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  • DYNA
    Posted on October 26, 2011 at 12:26pm

    A good step in the right direction.

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