Jan 23 2006
On Liberals and Confiscation…
The all candidates debate at the Pembroke Outdoor Sportsman’s Club turned a little ugly when one of the club members had the audacity to ask;
“If the handgun ban goes forward. What plan would your party offer to compensate those of us who legally own the guns that would be confiscated?”
A fair enough question given the fact the Liberals have made a lot of noise about their handgun ban. The response from Liberal candidate Don Lindsay was less than polished however;
“Sir America is our neighbor not our nation, if you elect a society that talks about that kind of perspective I suggest that perhaps you go there!”
Nice. Not that I was expecting any empathy from a politician (a liberal one at that), but scorn goes a little far.
Steve Janke has the full story here (or check the OttawaValley.Com for their write up)
Good luck you guys!
Poor Linsay lost, and is apparently taking it hard:
http://www.magma.ca/~drcanrt/liberalloss.htm
Likely took the wrong lessons away from this experience as well. The Liberals seemed to forget that their responsibility is to take their direction from the masses, not dictate to them.
Thats fine. Our cratered political landscape will provide all sorts of entertainment for the next 18 months, and then we can do it all over again.
Say, is it too late to embrace the monarchy?