Comments on: Gun ban: Letter writing http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/ The ramblings of a zombocalypse ready, hoplophile Canuck. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: med56 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5579 med56 Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:33:27 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5579 yep it's me been in hidding thought I would come back and visit here for awhile and see how the crazy gun toting people are doing. yep it’s me been in hidding thought I would come back and visit here for awhile and see how the crazy gun toting people are doing.

]]> By: Mugwug http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5564 Mugwug Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:05:34 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5564 <b>Greg:</b> Agreed, I don't like letters personally, but it provides some outlet, and somewhere some bean counter ticks off a column under the heading "against". <b>Med56:</b> Hidden? I have no recollection of the events in question sir. How've ya been anyway Scott? <b>Steve:</b> I dunno, I used to be a bit of a moderate, but I find myself being pushed farther and farther to the extreme end of the spectrum on this. My original thought was that a registry, assuming the government doesn't have a hidden agenda seeking to disarm the populace, was not a bad idea. Owners should be licenced and the firearms should be registered. Much like vehicles. For the few million price tag originally forcast, it seemed like a good idea. Even in my short time as a recreational shooter and gun owner I've watched the "incremental approach" you've described begin it's magic, No more I say. Moderation has entirely failed to serve the firearms owners of this country. We've no constitutional right to firearms, but we'd better defend each and every concession we have with respect to them, or they'll all be whittled away one by one. Should we lose I'll buy you a beer. It'll be easy, because I'll be living south of the border myself. (Nah, you're not being a jerk... but at the very least, if we lose this fight it should serve as a shining example to gun owners south of the line) Greg: Agreed, I don’t like letters personally, but it provides some outlet, and somewhere some bean counter ticks off a column under the heading “against”.

Med56: Hidden? I have no recollection of the events in question sir.

How’ve ya been anyway Scott?

Steve: I dunno, I used to be a bit of a moderate, but I find myself being pushed farther and farther to the extreme end of the spectrum on this.

My original thought was that a registry, assuming the government doesn’t have a hidden agenda seeking to disarm the populace, was not a bad idea. Owners should be licenced and the firearms should be registered. Much like vehicles. For the few million price tag originally forcast, it seemed like a good idea.

Even in my short time as a recreational shooter and gun owner I’ve watched the “incremental approach” you’ve described begin it’s magic, No more I say. Moderation has entirely failed to serve the firearms owners of this country.

We’ve no constitutional right to firearms, but we’d better defend each and every concession we have with respect to them, or they’ll all be whittled away one by one.

Should we lose I’ll buy you a beer. It’ll be easy, because I’ll be living south of the border myself.

(Nah, you’re not being a jerk… but at the very least, if we lose this fight it should serve as a shining example to gun owners south of the line)

]]> By: Steve http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5555 Steve Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:59:07 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5555 As a fan of your site from down south, I gotta ask: what good is a gun registry, other than to be a future confiscation checklist? How many criminals registered their handguns? I know the argument about "we license cars but not handguns", nuts to that! This is probably a cliche argument, but it seems like it's being proven true: that being that banning one gun is just an increment for the next. The evolution: "Nobody needs a .50 cal barrett rifle" "Nobody needs a semi-auto AK, you can't hunt with that, you don't need a thirty round clip" "Nobody needs handguns" "Nobody needs large bore rifles" "Nobody needs more than a single action rifle" "We've banned everything else, nobody needs .22 rifles". Sorry to be a jerk. We'd welcome you guys down here, but Toronto's a cool town. Stay and fight. As a fan of your site from down south, I gotta ask: what good is a gun registry, other than to be a future confiscation checklist? How many criminals registered their handguns? I know the argument about “we license cars but not handguns”, nuts to that!

This is probably a cliche argument, but it seems like it’s being proven true: that being that banning one gun is just an increment for the next.

The evolution:
“Nobody needs a .50 cal barrett rifle”
“Nobody needs a semi-auto AK, you can’t hunt with that, you don’t need a thirty round clip”
“Nobody needs handguns”
“Nobody needs large bore rifles”
“Nobody needs more than a single action rifle”
“We’ve banned everything else, nobody needs .22 rifles”.

Sorry to be a jerk. We’d welcome you guys down here, but Toronto’s a cool town. Stay and fight.

]]> By: med56 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5552 med56 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:24:53 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5552 good thing all things can be hidden, or put a stock on it and call it a long gun good thing all things can be hidden, or put a stock on it and call it a long gun

]]> By: Greg http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5542 Greg Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:26:25 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5542 I wrote a letter to Gordon Campbell. Flatly put, nobody in Ottawa can find BC on a map, let alone care what we think out here. Writing to a Canadian politician while living in BC may feel good, but our letters get filed in the same bin as the protest letters from Bolivia. I figure, like lots of other firearms owners, if we pile on the BC Liberals(Despite them having no connection with the Canadian Liberals)to state without question that they don't support this and not one nickel of the BC law enforcement budget will be spent on it(Remember, 90% of the LE budget comes from the province and the municipalities). I wrote a letter to Gordon Campbell. Flatly put, nobody in Ottawa can find BC on a map, let alone care what we think out here. Writing to a Canadian politician while living in BC may feel good, but our letters get filed in the same bin as the protest letters from Bolivia.

I figure, like lots of other firearms owners, if we pile on the BC Liberals(Despite them having no connection with the Canadian Liberals)to state without question that they don’t support this and not one nickel of the BC law enforcement budget will be spent on it(Remember, 90% of the LE budget comes from the province and the municipalities).

]]> By: Mr. Completely http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5541 Mr. Completely Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5541 How about we do a trade? Maybe half a million liberal Washingtonians for a bunch of gun-toting Canadians? To sweeten the deal, we'll even give you a ten to one exchange rate! .......Mr. C. How about we do a trade? Maybe half a million liberal Washingtonians for a bunch of gun-toting Canadians? To sweeten the deal, we’ll even give you a ten to one exchange rate!

…….Mr. C.

]]> By: Kristopher http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5530 Kristopher Fri, 09 Dec 2005 20:18:55 +0000 http://www.moral-flexibility.net/blog/archives/2005/12/09/letter-writing/#comment-5530 Registration always leads to confiscation. I could have told you so. Registration always leads to confiscation.

I could have told you so.

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