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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 12:09:11 GMT -8
Liberal leadership candidate Justin Trudeau called the long-gun registry "a failure" during an Ontario campaign stop in the Conservative riding of Glengarry–Prescott–Russell on Friday.
"The long-gun registry, as it was, was a failure and I'm not going to resuscitate that," Trudeau said while visiting the DART Aerospace plant in Hawkesbury.
"We will continue to look at ways of keeping our cities safe and making sure that we do address the concerns around domestic violence that happen right across the country, in rural as well as urban areas in which, unfortunately, guns do play a role.
"But there are better ways of keeping us safe than that registry which is, has been removed," Trudeau said.
The Liberal leadership hopeful made the comments after he was asked for his view on the now-defunct long-gun registry.
"I grew up with long guns, rifles and shotguns," explained the son of former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
"Yes, the RCMP guarding me had handguns and I got to play with them every now and then," said Trudeau, quickly adding that the RCMP was "very responsible" around him and his siblings.
Trudeau went on to say, "I was raised with an appreciation and an understanding of how important in rural areas and right across the country gun ownership is as a part of the culture of Canada. I do not feel that there's any huge contradiction between keeping our cities safe from gun violence and gangs, and allowing this important facet of Canadian identity which is having a gun."
Trudeau, who worked as a high school teacher before jumping into politics, said he once took a school group hiking across Greenland armed with a gun.
"It was one of the only times that I ever taught with a loaded 30-06 slung over my shoulder. You don't usually think of teaching with a heavy-duty rifle on your shoulder, but when you're in polar bear country, you have to be aware of that."
Trudeau blamed not only the Conservatives but also previous governments for polarizing the gun debate.
"We have a government, or successive governments, that have managed to polarize the conversations around gun ownership to create games in electoral ways — when you don't have to have a conflict," the MP from Quebec said.
"There is no concept, no idea that gun ownership is ever going to be under attack for law-abiding hunters and farmers across this country. But we need to keep the cities safe. And I don't see that that's an unsolvable solution," Trudeau said.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 12:11:22 GMT -8
Just as I suspected, criminals won't register their guns. Only law abiding citizens get to pay for that.
Pretty expensive lesson for Canadians. It is reported to have cost taxpayers $66.4 million for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 12:17:56 GMT -8
At last. Some news from Canada. :D In related news, a black bear was shot in the Johnson's back yard. He was said to have been eating apples that had fallen from the tree and were left there to rot.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 12:21:37 GMT -8
Who, Mr Johnson? he's okay.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 13:37:14 GMT -8
Are you allowed to carry a gun in Canada ? Yes and no. Depends on the situation...and the gun. I will elaborate later.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 14:31:41 GMT -8
Each Province has its own set of specific carrying rules. No one is allowed to carry a concealed weapon unless their occupation requires it. Hand guns are treated differently than long guns. The Criminal Code of Canada provides recognition of self-defense with a firearm.
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Post by Willing Sniper on Dec 2, 2012 14:55:59 GMT -8
At last. Some news from Canada. :D What's a canada?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2012 15:48:07 GMT -8
At last. Some news from Canada. :D What's a canada? >:( C'mere and say that.
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