Gun Control

Good Article

Tracey Kleim
Canadian Director
Women Against Gun Control

“Women helped take away guns. Now women must help get them back.”

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>Subject: Fw: Gun Control
>FYI : I felt that I had to respond to a columist by the name of John
>Raily @ The Journal in Winston/Salem NC who believes that sensible GUN
>CONTROL is the way to go in the Excited States of America. Please forgive
>my rant.
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>Dear Sir,
>
>Forgive me for intruding into the affairs of your nation without
>invitation. But I feel compelled to offer you my opinion, for what it’s
>worth. The subject: GUN CONTROL ! Please let me offer you a view from a
>totally different prospective. I live in Canada. It’s a place few Americans
>know much about and fewer care. Unless you are a Democrat. But let me
>hasten to say that all is not well in the Great White North—Unless you
>are a Democrats,liberals, radical feminist, and like Big
>Brother and GUN CONTROL.
>
>We Canadian have always prided ourselves as being peace loving, polite and
>invisible. I mean, how many Americans can tell you exactly where Canada is
>except purhaps south of the Arctic circle,eh? We Canadians tend to think of
>ourselves as somewhat superior to Americans (God only knows why). I think
>it has to do with the fact that we are geographically above you on the map.
>The other possibility is our affair with GUNS. CPC, known as Canadian
>Political Correctness, would deny that Canadians even own a GUN. However,
>out of a population of approximately 35,000,000 souls, nearly 8,000,000 do.
>Mostly duck and deer GUNS. Now here’s the rub, as they say. Canadians LOVE
>GUN CONTROL. In fact they love it so much that ten years ago the government
>brought in a nasty piece of legistlation called Bill C-68.
>
>C-68 was brought about by pressure from womens groups after Marc Lapine, an
>unbalanced Algerian immigrant, took a semi-automatic rifle to a Montreal
>technical college and shot to death a dozen female students in 1989. It
>seemed like the right thing to do. After all, it stands to reason, that if
>a woman hating, deranged Algerian had no rifle then the worst thing he
>could have done was to hurl insults instead of bullets. Purhaps, but a
>madman bent on evil will resort to other tools. What is more condeming is
>why all the male students stood idly by and let the massacre continued.
>
>We have always had GUN CONTROL in Canada. Strict, to be sure. It didn’t
>stop Mr. Lapine. Nor would it ever have. We clever little Canadians don’t
>have a 2nd Amendment. We have NO RIGHTS to firearm ownership. We have
>extremely limited rights to SELF DEFENCE. God help you if you are caught
>shooting a man who is raping your daughter in your own home. As the laws of
>physics states, for every force there is an opposite. Take away a man’s
>right to the natural law of self defence and you will give another man the
>opportunity to abuse him.
>
>C-68 has had a profound effect on ALL Canadians, whether they know it or
>not,whether they own GUNS or don’t. The real tragedy stems from the erosion
>of personal LIBERTY. For example, a disgruntled neighbour can anonymously
>call the police and claim that he saw you through a window inside your home
>waving a GUN. Seems dangerous, doesn’t it? Presto, 25 paramilitary men
>break down the front door, terrify your children and wife, while ransacking
>your castle looking for a non-exisiting rifle. Damage to property—too
>bad. They acted in good faith.
>
>As a Canadian firearm owner you MUST notify the authorities of any change
>of address within 30 days or face 5 years in jail. Convicted child
>molesters and rapist who have served their time and are released into the
>community don’t have to report their address to anyone! We, as GUN owners,
>have lost our RIGHT to due process of law. We have lost our RIGHT to free
>assembly. We have lost our RIGHT not to incriminated ourselves. If you own
>a duck GUN in Canada, the police may enter your home without notice and
>without a warrant. This all in the name of PUBLIC SAFETY!
>
>It’s the old motherhood and apple pie theme. It gets votes (mostly women
>and liberally minded men). It feels sooo good. Who doesn’t want less
>violence, less bloodshed. It must be right –WRONG ! Crimes against people
>and property since the introduction of Bill C-68 have risen. Take a look at
>what’s happened to Great Britan since strict GUN CONTROL. It’s a fact that
>in States that allow conceal carry permits to be issued to lawful,trained
>individuals, the rate of crime has decreased. To us peace loving Canadians,
>you Yanks live in the Wild West Frontier. Shoot-outs on Main Street every
>day !
>
>Unfortunately, opponents and proponents of GUN CONTROL will never see eye
>to eye. It’s all about where you stand on gender, politics, religion,
>ethics, tradition. Opponents to GUN CONTROL want NO restrictions to
>firearms, while proponents want NO firearms in civilian hands–ONLY the
>AUTHORITIES !
>In the end It’s really about freedom and choice. Be carefull what you wish
>for, you just might get it.
>
>I believe it was one of your founding Fathers who said that ‘those who
>would sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither’.
>
>Yours truly
>
>Peter Wilson Esq. CD
>(Residing in Toronto, Kanukistan, formerly Canada)