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January 22, 2008
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I received the article below from the VCDL and thought I would share it with you all.
Our neighbors to the north are no strangers to gun control. They know
all too well how the government's oppressive gun registration
requirements can lead to confiscation. Case in point, 400 guns were
confiscated, most for paperwork lapses by gun owners. Others were the
victims of police searching their homes and finding guns "not properly
stored":
September 22, 2009
Toronto police have seized almost 400 firearms from registered owners
in a six-month push aimed at reducing the number of guns on the city's
streets.
In March, officers began soliciting registered firearm owners across
the city as part of what they call the Safe City Project. Many of
those who had to surrender their firearms had either let their
registrations lapse, or had stashed their guns improperly under beds
or in closets.
The Canadian Firearms Registry stipulates guns must be stored in a
secure place.
No charges were laid in the push, police said Tuesday.
Targeting people who had registered their guns is a preventative
measure, said Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair.
"Legal handgun owners are not dangerous individuals," Blair told
reporters at a Tuesday news conference. "But we know from experience
that their firearms can become extremely dangerous when they get into
the hands of criminals. And so we have undertaken a number of
initiatives to reduce the availability of those handguns."
Police estimate there are still 4,000 guns in Ontario that are being
improperly stored.
However, a critic says, the push to target registered gun owners is
not getting at the root of the problem.
"The system doesn't work. It's broken. It doesn't target the right
people," Greg Farrant, a spokesman for the Ontario Federation of
Anglers and Hunters, told CBC News. People who are barred from owning
weapons are the ones who should be registered and tracked, he said.
There are about 2.3 million registered guns in Ontario.
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January 24, 2009
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Targeting people who had registered their guns is a preventative
measure, said Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair.
Why is that?? Because once your registration expires, your brain chemistry suddenly changes & you're now a maniac with a gun? 
Unbelievable!
If this country ever gets that bad, I can only imagine how many "from my cold dead hands" cases there will be. But of course, they will be reported as having been maniacs with guns, not normal gun owners who refused to give up their rights.
January 22, 2008
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I sold all of my guns. 
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May 2, 2009
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Jody said:I sold all of my guns.
I don't even own any guns--I'm just a big poser...
SHOOT
February 20, 2008
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...what a peice of work.....
If you're going to drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Guns?
What Guns?
Oh, those guns!
Aliens took them.
Ask them.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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January 24, 2009
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Then there's always the tried-n-true nasty boating accident.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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So if your Drivers License expires, they take your car?
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
July 5, 2009
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It's stories like these that remind me how fortunate we are to live in this great Nation...I'll get off my soap box now.
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