Any possible agreement on the long-gun registry?

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Texas bank welcomes legally-armed customers

CHAPPELL HILL, Texas—A Texas bank has created a new rule allowing concealed handgun owners in the building, in hopes that they’ll be a deterrent to armed robbers.

Chappell Hill Bank, located about an hour northwest of Houston, is a bank with history.

"Near as we know, we’re the oldest continuously operated bank in the United States," said bank President Ed Smith. "The rest of them closed for Roosevelt’s bank holiday in 1933."



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[Cobalt_Kid]

I agree that there are many reasons for the decline in murder in the USA......and that an older demographic is one of them. However, what is VERY clear is that allowing private citizens to carry deadly weapons for their defence did NOT increase the murder rate, if anything, it drove it down. In a free society, in the absense of evidence to the contrary, the polity must err on the side of liberty, or it has not fulfilled its responsibility.

As for the driving analogy, I have NO problem with the licensing and mandatory training of people that own and would carry deadly weapons, in fact, I would insist on it.

No offense, but if you really have no problem registering your guns, you either haven't been paying attention, or you really don't care much about them.

The government has been seizing long guns for over 20 years.

The Conservatives will not be in power forever, and both the Liberals and the NDP ran in 2006 on platforms that included gun bans.....the Liberals promised to ban all handguns, the NDP promised to ban all semi-automatics.....including non-restricted hunting long guns. Elect them into a coalition government.....and wave bye-bye to your old Remington 1100, or your Winchester 100, or ever your .22 Long Rifle 10/22.

I don't have a problem with a handgun ban, they're dangerous at the best of times, it's a lot easier to have an accident with a weapon with such little muzzle control... and what are they much good for anyway but shooting things really close up. Most people I know who carry weapons for bear protection use shotguns over .357s or .44s.

The NDP is going too far with banning all semi-autos, but the big problem with gun violence in Canada is all the illegal handguns coming up from the south.

 

[Skatchie]

guns should all be legal. governments should be afraid if their people. people shouldn't fear the government. they work for us.

 

[DurkaDurka]

No, they aren't.....

the party is the foundation of politics in Canada.....and it is a disgrace that only about 3% of voters belong. That leaves all policy in the hands of the elite....a big mistake.

Only the Reform Party ever managed to keep a large portion of those that voted Reform actually as members of the Party..........

Canadians need to get much more involved.

Having to belong to a party is silly to me, I like voting for the party that I like, not one that I'm a shill for.

Are members even listened to at the grassroots level? My thinking is it will stay be the people with money & influence setting the agenda.