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Yo ! I am not sure if folks in Australia know this ... but the Conservative government in Canada, after promising in earlier political campaigns, has ended our hated and very expensive long gun registration. The law ending it passed the House of Commons a few days ago and now goes to the Senate .. (Also controlled by Conservatives) where it will soon become a done deal. The Conservatives have also promised to destroy all the records ... It is good to see common sense coming back to Canada on this front ... Just because some nasty Liberal government took away this freedom from us ... it wasn't forever ... I really hope that someday the same thing will happen in Australia. I love Australia !  | ||
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Well scruffy, it was the more conservative party (calling themselves the Liberal Party) that took the auto rifles off us and introduced registration. Go figure .... Nothing like a Nazi to stick it to the working mans recreational pursuits and the rural mans tools of trade. Edit: The opposition here are called the Labour Party but may as well be called the 'latte sipping tree huggers' for all the good they do for the worker, so we're screwed both ways. Congratulations to the Canadians. Well done. | |||
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Canadians rejected the registration notion right from the start, which made the system completely useless - hence its downfall could be achieved. Here in Australia we had too much compliance and now the registration is more-or less working (more in some states, less in others) - so there is very little chance it will be dismantled here. Also the Canadian registry was a federal one... no? Ours are done by each state and territory.... 8 registries in all.... very hard to dismantle that now - 15 years later....  sad but true.... BUT .... well done to the Canadians!! A day spent in the bush is a day added to your life Hunt Australia - Website Hunt Australia - Facebook Hunt Australia - TV | |||
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Kudos to Canada! Canada seems to be going in the RIGHT direction while the rest of us are heading left. Tom ...I say that hunters go into Paradise when they die, and live in this world more joyfully than any other men. -Edward, duke of York ". . . when a man has shot an elephant his life is full." ~John Alfred Jordan "The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." Cicero - 55 BC "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities." - Ayn Rand Cogito ergo venor- KPete “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.” ― Adam Smith - “Wealth of Nations” | |||
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Our system is federal, but that was the only way they could ram it through. If it had been left in the provincial domain we wouldn't have this mess to clean up, since many provinces fought the act in court. In any case, it'll give us something to talk about in August. | |||
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Wasn't it a school shooting in Tasmania that got it started in Australia? Hard to beat outraged emotions even for conservatives. | |||
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No it wasn't a school. It was at Port Arthur ------------------------------ A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!" | |||
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No it wasn't out rage it was an excuse used by well funded small anti gun groups and media to push their gun ban agenda. We have seen it use many times. When you have the media lieing in surpport of theantis its a hard fight put we are slowly win back some of the lost. It is easier to get one state or territory to change the all at once.We started the CCW movement with FL around 1980. Now we have 49 of 50 with lots of talk anbout IL getting CCW. Fight and fight harder it can be done. | |||
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Well yes, you have to have an anti-gun group to push the agenda. But they are always looking for an event to move the agenda forward. Thus, a mass shooting is perfect and the public has emotional outrage to scare the politicions into submission. Strict gun-laws follow. | |||
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C-19 passed the final vote in the senate yesterday. It will be signed into law today.  The registry is dead. It can be done. | |||
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Congrats.I am glad you were able to overcome a minority of idiots who make a lot of noise.Thats the trouble with Gun Control freaks is that they make lots of noise and the Politico`s are too PC to tell them to "F" off.You fellas done good!!!! | |||
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Congratulations! DRSS | |||
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