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From: rm on 14 May 2007 23:23 ~kurt <actinouranium(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > the_bmac <bm(a)c.com> wrote: >> A common misconception. You can own just about any type of >> weapon you'd like here. You just have to > Well, that is kinda good news. The private ownership part - not > all the hoops you need to jump through to get one. > Why do I keep seeing this on the news then? I also keep hearing > Canadians blaming the US for all of their gun related crimes. It is very hard to get handguns. At least it would be for Americans if they lived in Canada, because if you have a history of psychological problems you cannot get one. This means that while we would have no problem qualifying, you would. And it is virtually impossible to get a license to carry a handgun around unless you are somehow connected to police or security. And don't get your hopes up because when we say "connected to police" we aren't talking about handcuffs. cordially, even to pure trash, rm
From: rm on 14 May 2007 23:32 Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: >> I also keep hearing Canadians blaming the US for all of their gun >> related crimes. > More bad journalism? We do blame the US for their *own* > gun-related crimes, and we frequently end up with copy-cat crimes, > but in my opinion the only ones to blame for any gun-related > crimes are those holding the guns. The US are regularly blamed for smuggling handguns over the border and selling them to Canadians. And so they should be. cordially, as always, rm
From: Dan C on 14 May 2007 23:39 Sylvain Robitaille wrote: > Dan C wrote: >> Likely the result of assaults by drunks with hockey sticks. > That's just a two-minute penalty, though. Yes, but if you get enough of those at once, it hurts productivity. >>> Oh well, I like my guns. >> So do I. > I like my hockey sticks. :-) I like hockey sticks too, but don't forget the famous American saying: "Don't bring a hockey stick to a gunfight". -- "Ubuntu" - an African word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me".
From: the_bmac on 14 May 2007 23:47 Sylvain Robitaille wrote: > the_bmac wrote: > >> au contraire mon fr�re, those hoops do a *much* better job of keeping >> guns out of the hands of people like that Cho fellow down there in >> Virginia > > Oh really? evidently you disagree and have provided an exhaustive list of examples to the contrary...or not > Marc L�pine, December 6, 1989 > Valery Fabrikant, August 24, 1992 > Kimveer Gill, September 13, 2006 did I say that we haven't had murders by nutcases with guns here in Canada? no...I didn't, but why deal with the truth of my assertion when we can be almost clever about implying what I didn't say. nice try. isn't there a kernel you could be re-compiling somewhere? to suggest that conditions that create whack-job murderers are the same on both sides of the border is disingenuous at best. who do you work for?
From: Keith Keller on 14 May 2007 23:51
On 2007-05-15, Sylvain Robitaille <syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca> wrote: > Dan C wrote: > >> Likely the result of assaults by drunks with hockey sticks. > > That's just a two-minute penalty, though. Tell that to Chris Simon. ;-/ --keith -- kkeller-usenet(a)wombat.san-francisco.ca.us (try just my userid to email me) AOLSFAQ=http://www.therockgarden.ca/aolsfaq.txt see X- headers for PGP signature information |