poll:gun registery
Free Thinker
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#2Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 6th, 2012
For balance... YES
Please change the percentage.
Please change the percentage.
Free Thinker
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#4 Top Rated PostRe: poll:gun registery
Apr 6th, 2012
Correction: 1/4000 = 0.00025 = 0.025%. I did.
You aren't a friend of democracy, are you?
A self-selected reader poll that allows responders to vote multiple times is less than representative. Now, the percentage based on 4013 responses is only 64.49%. I stopped there because my voting finger is tired.
You aren't a friend of democracy, are you?
A self-selected reader poll that allows responders to vote multiple times is less than representative. Now, the percentage based on 4013 responses is only 64.49%. I stopped there because my voting finger is tired.
Conservative
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#5Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 6th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Spade
Yeah, on-line surveys are pretty well a joke.Correction: 1/4000 = 0.00025 = 0.025%. I did.
You aren't a friend of democracy, are you?
A self-selected reader poll that allows responders to vote multiple times is less than representative. Now, the percentage based on 4013 responses is only 64.49%. I stopped there because my voting finger is tired.
But we elected the Harper gov't to "dismantle the Long Gun Registry".
The data IS the registry, and the election was the only poll that matters.
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#6Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 6th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Spade
I tried to balance your bad voting out but the poll wouldn't let me.Correction: 1/4000 = 0.00025 = 0.025%. I did.
You aren't a friend of democracy, are you?
A self-selected reader poll that allows responders to vote multiple times is less than representative. Now, the percentage based on 4013 responses is only 64.49%. I stopped there because my voting finger is tired.
Free Thinker
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#7Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 6th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Colpy
Nonsense, among the minority of Canadians who voted for Harper, many made that decision on issues other than abolition of the registry. You are a good propagandist, but a bad apologist.Yeah, on-line surveys are pretty well a joke.
But we elected the Harper gov't to "dismantle the Long Gun Registry".
The data IS the registry, and the election was the only poll that matters.
Quote: Originally Posted by taxslave
Delete cookies before logging back on to the site. Please don't go too wild.I tried to balance your bad voting out but the poll wouldn't let me.
Last edited by Spade; Apr 6th, 2012 at 09:42 PM..
Free Thinker
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#8Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012
Harper was not voted into office to kill the gun registry. If that is the only reason he won, that would reflect badly on the IQ of the average Canadian voter. Harper won because the Cons did such a fine job of character assassination on Iggy (who didn't need any help from them). The majority of Canadians did not vote for the Cons. I don't see the need for or the logic behind the long gun registry but I think Harper used it to garner votes more than actually cared about it. I mean, the man poses for pictures with kittens wearing blue cardigans, for gawd's sake. I doubt he knows how to use a gun. Perhaps **** Cheney could show him how.
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#9Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy
Boy do you got that wrong. Around here that was the main reason for voting.Harper was not voted into office to kill the gun registry. If that is the only reason he won, that would reflect badly on the IQ of the average Canadian voter. Harper won because the Cons did such a fine job of character assassination on Iggy (who didn't need any help from them). The majority of Canadians did not vote for the Cons. I don't see the need for or the logic behind the long gun registry but I think Harper used it to garner votes more than actually cared about it. I mean, the man poses for pictures with kittens wearing blue cardigans, for gawd's sake. I doubt he knows how to use a gun. Perhaps **** Cheney could show him how.
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#10Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012
F the registry and good riddance to it. Next thing you know, they'll want me to register my Trident, yes I have a Trident.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy
The Liberals were not voted into office to protect the billion dollar registry.Harper was not voted into office to kill the gun registry. If that is the only reason he won, that would reflect badly on the IQ of the average Canadian voter. Harper won because the Cons did such a fine job of character assassination on Iggy (who didn't need any help from them). The majority of Canadians did not vote for the Cons. I don't see the need for or the logic behind the long gun registry but I think Harper used it to garner votes more than actually cared about it. I mean, the man poses for pictures with kittens wearing blue cardigans, for gawd's sake. I doubt he knows how to use a gun. Perhaps **** Cheney could show him how.
Free Thinker
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#13Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Colpy
The majority of electors (60%) did not vote for the Conservatives.Yeah, on-line surveys are pretty well a joke.
But we elected the Harper gov't to "dismantle the Long Gun Registry".
The data IS the registry, and the election was the only poll that matters.
Conservative
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#14Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
(sigh)The majority of electors (60%) did not vote for the Conservatives.
The majority did not vote for Chretien in 1993 either, in fact less than 42% voted for him, and he had to push the Firearms Act through over a caucus revolt.
There are problems with the FPTP system, but it IS legitimate........as is the gov't.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
Although we can say that for the last few governments (conservatives & liberals).The majority of electors (60%) did not vote for the Conservatives.
Free Thinker
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#16Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Colpy
Well I disagree with the legitamacy, but that is another issue entirely.(sigh)
The majority did not vote for Chretien in 1993 either, in fact less than 42% voted for him, and he had to push the Firearms Act through over a caucus revolt.
There are problems with the FPTP system, but it IS legitimate........as is the gov't.
Saying that the election is the only poll that matters for justifying a certain issue is just plain wrong, and that is what I was pointing out. If it were right, then the Conservatives would have no business dismantling what a previously elected government created. Especially when that government at 42%, had a larger plurality than the current 40%. Sure it is enough to be legal, but does it represent the will of the people?
In this case yes, but in others it won't.
The real question is... do I reverse engineer their javascript and spam their online poll?
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Spade
Some statistics.
Scrapping the long-gun registry: some relevant numbers - Canada - CBC News
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And an almost immediate increase in homicides by handguns. See the red dotted line in the graph? And besides, the graph also shows that the rate of homicides by long guns was going down anyway.From 1995, when the firearms registry became law, to 2010, there was a 41 per cent reduction in homicides by long guns.
(I didn't read any farther than that because stats are not that useful in displaying good sense sometimes.)
Free Thinker
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Apr 7th, 2012
However, over time the rate for handguns is essentially flat. 0.3 deaths/100 000 population
Free Thinker
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Apr 7th, 2012
The real point of the statistics seems to be that people are killing their family less often.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-...561-chart9.jpg
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-...561-chart9.jpg
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Apr 7th, 2012
The trending is following various trends like an aging baby boomer population, abortion(unwanted children growing up to be criminals), inner city crime related to drugs, etc.
The weakest correlation exists with the gun registry.
The weakest correlation exists with the gun registry.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Spade
lol Yep. The registry had little or no effect on homicide by shotgun either. I'd suggest that the rate of rifle homicides had nothing to do with the registry. Like StatsCan showed, the rate was going down before rumblings about the registry anyway. Probably because of the increase in availability of illegal handguns.However, over time the rate for handguns is essentially flat. 0.3 deaths/100 000 population
Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
And that appears to have been occurring before the registry also.The real point of the statistics seems to be that people are killing their family less often.
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2011001/article/11561/c-g/E-11561-chart9.jpg
Free Thinker
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#22Re: poll:gun registery
Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by L Gilbert
[/URL] And that appears to have been occurring before the registry also.[/QUOTE]lol Yep. The registry had little or no effect on homicide by shotgun either. I'd suggest that the rate of rifle homicides had nothing to do with the registry. Like StatsCan showed, the rate was going down before rumblings about the registry anyway. Probably because of the increase in availability of illegal handguns.
And"]http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2011001/article/11561/c-g/E-11561-chart9.jpg
The only thing that a registry could conceivably accomplish anyways is convicting criminals of possession related crimes before they actually commit a crime.
That is to say, we all know that criminals won't register their guns. So if a person is driving down the street with an unregistered gun on their way to commit a robbery, the police have grounds to arrest them before that crime is ever committed.
Unfortunately, it seems the police only used the registry to target people for random inspections to charge them with lame infractions related to safe storage.
Police should need a warrant to check that information. That goes for hand guns too.
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Apr 7th, 2012
I'd suggest that the reason homicide rate started calming down is because of more legal attention to the issue (like enforcement, harsher sentences, etc. ) than anything registry-wise.
Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
yep.
The only thing that a registry could conceivably accomplish anyways is convicting criminals of possession related crimes before they actually commit a crime.
That is to say, we all know that criminals won't register their guns. So if a person is driving down the street with an unregistered gun on their way to commit a robbery, the police have grounds to arrest them before that crime is ever committed.
Unfortunately, it seems the police only used the registry to target people for random inspections to charge them with lame infractions related to safe storage.
Police should need a warrant to check that information. That goes for hand guns too.
Free Thinker
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Apr 7th, 2012
I really wonder why it increased from 1965-1977. It has just been decreasing since then, so probably some people were taught that violence was the answer back in the late 60's early 70's, and we've just beed dealing with the fallout ever since.
Homicide in Canada, 2010
Homicide in Canada, 2010
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
they were hunting hippies?I really wonder why it increased from 1965-1977. It has just been decreasing since then, so probably some people were taught that violence was the answer back in the late 60's early 70's, and we've just beed dealing with the fallout ever since.
Homicide in Canada, 2010
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Apr 7th, 2012
1965 is 20 years after 1945, sounds like 65 was one of the first years that the unwanted baby boomers ( no abortion) reached adult hood.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by JamesBondo
NOT QUITE.1965 is 20 years after 1945, sounds like 65 was one of the first years that the unwanted baby boomers ( no abortion) reached adult hood.
There was little legal abortion in Canada before the eighties, so that kinda shoots that out of the water.........I am NOT a fan of the philosophy that murder rates have dropped because free abortion eliminated unwanted (read "undesireable") children.
It simply smacks of racism and class hatred, with a hint of eugenics.
The simple fact is that the vast majority of murder is committed by young men. When the boomers hit their late teens, murder rates rose, and continued to rise with the wave of of young men hitting the age......and receeded as the demographic wave receeded.
Simple as that.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Niflmir
The registry was also supposed to stop events like the L'Ecole Polytechnique massacre from happening again, according to Alan Rock and his sycophants. Given that the shootings at Dawson College happened, it appears to have failed in that objective as well.The only thing that a registry could conceivably accomplish anyways is convicting criminals of possession related crimes before they actually commit a crime.
That is to say, we all know that criminals won't register their guns. So if a person is driving down the street with an unregistered gun on their way to commit a robbery, the police have grounds to arrest them before that crime is ever committed.
Unfortunately, it seems the police only used the registry to target people for random inspections to charge them with lame infractions related to safe storage.
Police should need a warrant to check that information. That goes for hand guns too.
It was kneejerk legislation that was flawed in concept and implementation, and should never have been passed. I am not opposed to reasonable gun control measures (such as safe storage laws and background checks being required for permits to purchase, etc), but the registry went far beyond reasonable.
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Apr 7th, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Colpy
It seams that your ears are hearing 'smacks' from previous posts from other members, for I will maintain that unplanned pregnancies are not exclusive to race, class, or gene pool..I am NOT a fan of the philosophy that murder rates have dropped because free abortion eliminated unwanted (read "undesireable") children.
It simply smacks of racism and class hatred, with a hint of eugenics.
Yet, 100,000 children from caring parents ( that wanted them from the word GO ) are likely to be better adjusted civilians.
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