Yesterday was a day of celebrations throughout our small community. A little heavy in the head this morning - please, don't anyone fire off that Mosberg again.

We've got a ways to go to have our rights fully restored but this was a big step in the right direction. A bit controversial for those that really don't understand it but hopefully they'll grab a brain and learn that the law-abiding citizens, that this law affected, were NOT the problem.

A gun shop owner said it best:

"We don't have a gun problem. We have a criminal problem, we have a gang problem, we have problems with people who have no regard for the law whatsoever. And the very people the government wants to control (with the long gun registry) are the very people who do have regard for the law."

Anyway, it's done with now. And for those of us that were literally "forced" to comply with these laws, it's just a matter of getting those records destroyed. Get this - the opposition says they did the work and paid for it, they should be able to keep the records they got.

Excuse me - this was a 2.5 Billion dollar screw up, where blow dryers and power drills were registered and if they really go thru their records in detail, they'll find that a few dogs are the proud owners of some pretty heavy duty hunting rifles.

Yeah right, they paid for this federally run program. WE paid thru the nose for this injustice and I think they should be held accountable. Destroy the records and pay US back.

I know, not going to happen but their idiotic law has finally been abolished. A good day for Canada. WOO HOO!!!

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/02/15/long-gun-registry-abolished/

 Quote: CJ Barrett

WE paid thru the nose for this injustice and I think they should be held accountable. Destroy the records and pay US back.

For anyone who hasn't gone through the whole application process.

We had to sign giving rights for the RCMP to enter our home at any time with no reason

it is good it's gone,

That is AWESOME!

Certainly a step in the right direction - now it's time to push for your handgun rights too.

 Quote: Dave Owen

We had to sign giving rights for the RCMP to enter our home at any time with no reason

Ahhh, that's not quite accurate Dave. They did require probable cause but that could be as simple as saying they were checking up on safe storage.

It was as simple as someone calling in and saying..."hey, these folks have guns lying all around their house." The police could request entry, but you could also refuse. It would take a day or two, but Search Warrants were issued in these cases, just to check up on safe storage.

So yes, it kind of sounded that way but we weren't quite at that militant state...yet. It was going there very quickly though and I'm familiar with quite a few of horror stories that did occur because the police were under many false impressions of their actual "power" and the general public knew no different.

I'm so glad to hear a fellow Canadian in support of this though. There’s far too many people that haven't got a clue what this is about and actually feel it's a bad thing.

Sweet!

That's excellent news eh

That's excellent news eh

It sure is Joe. (And hey...you speak Canadian, eh )

Can't really explain it but a little bit of deregulation like this seems to have restored an incredible sense of freedom.

And not that a lot has changed but the fact you don't have to turn around and tell the old bitty blue hairs (sorry... a lot of older women responsible for this) why you happen to be in possession of your neighbors rifle, that they may or may not have registered at some point, does open that door to a bit of freedom and privacy.

It was just so wrong. They were targeting and inconveniencing the wrong people. And I guess the fact that they heard us too is quite remarkable in itself.

I have no problem registering handguns. Has always been the norm for me. What they've done with the licencing laws for the now banned/prohibited firearms (and that list is about as stupid as it can be) has still got me seething.

Yes John, we've still got a ways to go. And you know, when stupid laws like this are put into place, there's a public defiance that wouldn't otherwise be there. People get mad when you take away a basic freedom of choice that has been part of our culture since the beginning of time.

I don't need to get into the responsibility that comes along with that freedom, but as far as I'm concerned, raising irresponsible children should be a crime. Don't regulate their toys, teach them the proper way to play with them.

Yes a little, been there many times when I lived in CT. Back in the day we went to Montreal every year to race the supercross also Edmonton, Calgary.

This is different but Sunday there was a Law & Order where they were trying to convict the gun manufacturer because there gun was involved in some murder case.
A criminal/murderer modified a production gun to full auto and killed some people.........so that's the manufactures fault, crazy.

That's cuz guns kill people, not the people pulling the trigger. In fact, they should make them safe so they don't work, just look like they do to deter a burglar. J/K BTW