I just heard on the news he's all for instating the long gun registry! Is there some mistake or has he lost his senses?
You know any politicians who haven't?I just heard on the news he's all for instating the long gun registry! Is there some mistake or has he lost his senses?
You know any politicians who haven't?
Layton was against it when the Liberals introduced it, but now that the Conservatives want it scrapped, he's for it. It is a typical NDP move - vote against whatever the other guys are for, and for whatever the other guys are against. Sure all parties do it to some extent but it seems to be more prevalent with the NDP.
NDP Leader Jack Layton says that allowing his party's MPs to vote freely on a bill to scrap the long-gun registry does not contradict his own stance: that the registry must be saved.
"My goal is to fix the registry so that it can work for everybody, and that's what our caucus is working very hard to accomplish," Layton told CTV's Question Period on Sunday.
He added that MPs will discuss what to do about the long-gun registry at a caucus strategy meeting in Regina this week.
"I am absolutely not saying, ‘Let's fix it by getting rid of it,'" Layton said.........
......."What we're doing in our party is what really what needs to happen in the whole country," Layton told CTV's Question Period on Sunday. "That is to build bridges between urban Canada and rural, northern and aboriginal Canada on an important issue."
The New Democrats traditionally allow their MPs to vote however they want on private member's bills. But Layton has been trying hard to convince his caucus to save the gun registry by proposing reforms that would placate angry constituents in rural and northern ridings........
Layton was against it when the Liberals introduced it, but now that the Conservatives want it scrapped, he's for it. It is a typical NDP move - vote against whatever the other guys are for, and for whatever the other guys are against. Sure all parties do it to some extent but it seems to be more prevalent with the NDP.
I just heard on the news he's all for instating the long gun registry! Is there some mistake or has he lost his senses?
Well it seems or is quite clear that the NDP who mnay dislike, myself included are the only and I state ONLY PARTY to let their member vote as they wish on private member bills.Layton was against it when the Liberals introduced it, but now that the Conservatives want it scrapped, he's for it. It is a typical NDP move - vote against whatever the other guys are for, and for whatever the other guys are against. Sure all parties do it to some extent but it seems to be more prevalent with the NDP.
True enough - take the criminal penalties out of it - make it free - and the Police do use it. Not a hard sell - You may see a private ,mebers bill with that in it for the next parliament -I heard Gilles Bisson stumbling over a party-line statement that really sounds like he has a choice. It's not sitting well with some folk around Timmins-James Bay....
True enough - take the criminal penalties out of it - make it free - and the Police do use it. Not a hard sell - You may see a private ,mebers bill with that in it for the next parliament -
Harper is playing division within the country - Time for him to leave.
Already there is only about half of the long guns registered.
Take the criminal penalties out? How will that help?
The entire Firearms Act is a travesty. Git rid of it, replace it with something sensible, something people will comply with, yet is still useful.....
This whole situation pisses me off to an unimaginable degree....these idiots are going to give me another coronary.
And what would that replacement be?
Simple graduated licenses that require training for each different level of firearms ownership.
Get caught with a firearm for which you do not have the required license.
Go to jail.
That is all that is required. Anything else is a case of radically reduced return on investment of money, of law resources, and especially of the good will of a significant part of society.
Don Martin: Tories thrilled by NDP’s rumoured saving of the gun registry | Full Comment | National Post
Simple graduated licenses that require training for each different level of firearms ownership.
Get caught with a firearm for which you do not have the required license.
Go to jail.
That is all that is required. Anything else is a case of radically reduced return on investment of money, of law resources, and especially of the good will of a significant part of society.
Don Martin: Tories thrilled by NDP’s rumoured saving of the gun registry | Full Comment | National Post
I don't think he had any senses to lose...I just heard on the news he's all for instating the long gun registry! Is there some mistake or has he lost his senses?
I don't think he had any senses to lose...
Simple graduated licenses that require training for each different level of firearms ownership.
Get caught with a firearm for which you do not have the required license.
Go to jail.
That is all that is required. Anything else is a case of radically reduced return on investment of money, of law resources, and especially of the good will of a significant part of society.
Don Martin: Tories thrilled by NDP’s rumoured saving of the gun registry | Full Comment | National Post