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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
My genius plan involves police raids like the story I linked to.
Or McGinty's new federal-provincial program:
http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.o...527-gun-nr.asp
There is lots that the police and government can do to crack down on criminal activity involving weapons. |
And I have no problem with the government conducting raids like that to seize illegal firearms. I would encourage it too. But you have to realize that without tougher laws pertaining to criminals that are caught using a firearm to commit a crime, or any crime in general.....that they have access to illegal firearms 24 hours after they are released?
I mean here in Calgary, gang members are being caught and released the SAME day.
Really don't see how that has anything to do with creating 'gun laws.' You think the government should raid the homes of law-abiding citizens throughout Calgary?
Face it, Canadians fire millions upon millions of rounds
safely, at shooting ranges, or when they go hunting....every year. What does it help to take away their guns? For those of us who have some common sense in regards to safety with firearms, the chance that an accident happens with our guns is very little compared to the rate of accidents that happen with a car.
The Canadian Firearms Safety Course says that responsible gun owners should have their firearms locked up in a gun safe, WITH a trigger lock, AWAY from the ammunition. Or, they suggest removing the bolt, and locking it up somewhere else away from the rest of the gun. Pretty sensible advice, and anyone with common sense is bound to follow it.
Around here, the police are giving classes on firearm safety every year, and talking to the guy who looks after the guns for the RCMP, he said it does a hell of a lot more to teach safety to gun owners, than to want to restrict or ban them from owning firearms.
Its all about being responsible.....like with anything else.