As a knee-jerk, bleeding heart, pinko, small-l-liberal, socialist, left-leaning, weak-kneed, gun-hating, tree hugging, Kyoto loving, why-can't-we-all-just-love-one-another wimp, I'm biting my tongue here, as this thread is getting a bit political, and I fear that it will end up in a flame war. <vbg>
later, comrades, frank "the "t" really stands for "trotsky", not "theriault" (tongue [mostly] planted firmly in cheek) Brendan wrote: > William abit of an irony is that for 20 years hand > guns have been prohibited, and here in Toronto there > have been at least 4 hand gun shootings a weekend for > the last 2 months, gang wars. Guess what they want > hasher gun laws!!! I mean the gangs are not buying > guns in stores!!!! > > --- William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Shaun Canning > > Subject: Way OT: RE:My first Ebay!!! > > > > The whole gun thing took of here about 12 or so > > years ago when > > some moron whacked a bunch of women at a technical > > school in > > Montreal. Of course right away the wymmans movement > > started > > shaking the issue like a pack of rabid Jack Russel > > Terriers and > > the feds, in an effort to appear to be doing > > something useful > > decided it could be useful to register guns, > > confiscate guns, > > etc. > > The theory is that a disarmed populace is at the > > mercy of the > > authorities, making it all that much easier to form > > a > > dictatorship. > > Which is pretty much what Cretin has done. > > > > The real joke, of course is that the whole gun > > registry process > > was supposed to cost taxpayers a couple of million > > dollars. > > So far, it has cost almost a billion (800 million > > was the last > > number I heard), and we have more firearm related > > crimes now > > than 15 years ago. > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > > register them...our governement took them away > > from us. We had > > to > > > register our guns 15 years ago. Now I see it as > > the first step > > in the > > > process of taking all our guns away. > > > > > > It is almost impossible to get a shooters licence > > in Australia > > these > > > days. Well not impossible, but bloody hard. Unless > > you own a > > farm, have > > > access to a farm, or are a member of a gun club, > > forget it. I > > come from > > > the land, but don't really have access to a large > > enough farm > > to shoot > > > on anymore. > > > > > > We are not allowed to own anything semi-automatic, > > which means > > I lost a > > > really nice A5 Browning. Not happy.... > > > > > > Friends lost all sorts of things...dozens of > > rifles and > > shotguns. All > > > because of the nutter at Port Arthur in Tasmania. > > > > > > Sporting shooters lost the right to own a variety > > of guns > > because of > > > criminals. The stupid part is, now the law abiding > > citizens > > cannot enjoy > > > their sport anymore, but there are more firearms > > related > > offences than > > > there was before the bans took place. > > > > > > It was almost worth losing our weapons to see out > > idiot Prime > > Minister > > > turn up to a SSAA (Sportin Shooters Assoc > > Aust)meeting with a > > flak > > > jacket under his sports coat. The SSAA people were > > offended > > naturally > > > enough, the rest of us thought it was hilarious. > > No one in > > their right > > > mind would waste a bullet on the inept little > > prick... > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Shaun > > > > > > William Robb wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: David Brooks > > > > Subject: Re: Re: My first Ebay!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >>Frank. > > > >>I'll apologize for being part of the latest $1 > > Billion > > > >>dollar Government Boondogle. > > > >>Sorry<g> > > > > > > > > > > > > Dave, tell me you didn't register your guns. > > > > > > > > William Robb > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ++++++++ > > > Shaun Canning > > > Cultural Heritage Services > > > High Street, Broadford, > > > Victoria, 3658. > > > > > > www.heritageservices.com.au/ > > > > > > Phone: 0414-967644 > > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > My images can be seen at > > www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=238096 > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > ++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
