At the time, Rock said he would love to ban all handguns, but his natural caution and the caucus (of which I was then a member) convinced him to take a different path.
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All hell broke loose. Turns out, the legislation would have banned some guns used in Olympic competition. When Susan Nattrass lobbied parliamentarians to legalize Olympic guns, she was joined by thousands of law-abiding citizens who shoot on a recreational basis.
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The registry was a bureaucratic nightmare which was so over-budget and underperforming that it became a constant source of embarrassment. MPs and ministers who had guns (and there were many) complained they couldn't even get through on the toll-free line to register. Eventually the whole mess was turned over to the RCMP.
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This latest move has little to do with gun control results. It has a lot to do with widening the split between progressive Liberals and regressive Tories. (link)
And to make matters worse for Paul Martin, Parent's of a murdered Black teen in Toronto had this to say about the Supreme Leader's new scheme:
MAPLE -- Prime Minister Paul Martin is a "jackass" if he thinks that banning handguns will "choke off" the deadly weaponry of Toronto street gangs, says a man whose son was slain.
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"This man goes into the ghetto and says he wants to ban guns -- they are laughing at him," he said yesterday.
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Once steadfast Liberals, Huxtable and his wife Yvette, both Jamaican immigrants, now say Liberal crime policies help create teen gang violence. (link)(Via)
I guess there is hope afterall for Liberals everywhere... Heck, if socialist Sheila can see the light, anything is possible.
Wow. Sheila could really help swing the vote away from the Libs if she keeps up this kind of writing.
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