Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Liberal Globe and Mail In Favor of Scrapping the Long Gun Registry

Who would have known.  One of the Liberal cheerleader papers comes out IN FAVOR of killing the long gun registry.  They even go as far as exposing the cost of the registry that supporters of the long gun registry say.  Supporters say it costs just $4 million a year, not so.  The Globe and Mail reports the real cost and they admit it hasn't saved any lives either.
Proponents of the federal gun registry claim the annual cost is just $4-million, which sounds suspiciously like the $2-million cost promised when the registry was born 15 years ago.
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It’s not so. The source of this estimate of $4-million appears to be a badly written line in the RCMP’s 2010 evaluation of the Canadian Firearms Program: “ . . . the gun registration portion of the CFP has been determined, by independent sources, in terms of cost savings to the CFP, at a range of $1.195-$3.65 million for the initial year, and subsequent years will range from $1.57-$4.03 million. . ..” (Emphasis added.) The key phrase is cost savings. The RCMP, which took lead responsibility for the program in 2006, claims it is doing so more efficiently than its predecessors. Elsewhere in the report the RCMP puts the annual net cost of the Canadian Firearms Program for 2010-11 at $66.4-million.
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Is it vital to public safety? The registry did not stop James Roszko of Alberta from killing four Mounties in 2005, with his arsenal of three unregistered guns and one registered (but not to him) gun. It did not stop Kimveer Gill of Montreal from his deadly rampage at Dawson College in 2006. It did not stop Fred Preston, 70, from killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer, Vu Pham, in March, with a registered weapon. And it does not stop drug gangs in urban Canada from obtaining and using their weapons of choice – the vast majority not registered.
So there you have it. A little late but none the less the Liberal Globe and Mail wants to it gone along with the majority of Canadians.  Makes you wonder why all this whipping going on by Iffy and Jackie.  Those opposition MPs who have betrayed their constituents will pay at the polls come next election.

Could it be a prelude to a coalition of the losers like Lowell Green is speculating this morning on his program?  Is this a warm up?  It remains to be seen but I kinda think so.  The coalition never really died. It's always been there but under the radar.  I think the PM and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty are right.  It will either be a Conservative majority or coalition of the losers that we'll have to choose next election.

11 comments:

  1. Garfield says:
    The most important question to the G&M is: WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO REALIZE WHAT THE REST OF US ALREADY KNEW???????
    Isn't it like reporting a hole in the ship when its on its way to the bottom?
    Remember to perhaps send a few bucks to support the defeat of these toady MPs who are so firmly attached to Iggys and Jacks butts.

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  2. Garfield says:
    The most important question to the G&M is: WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO REALIZE WHAT THE REST OF US ALREADY KNEW???????
    Isn't it like reporting a hole in the ship when its on its way to the bottom?
    Remember to perhaps send a few bucks to support the defeat of these toady MPs who are so firmly attached to Iggys and Jacks butts.


    Right on! Amen!

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  3. The traditional media is taking on water, they ignore information at their peril.

    We saw this with the leaked emails regarding Climate-gate.

    The media has been gate keeping with very little success against us bloggers.

    We don't trust the MSM anymore to provide the news in an unbiased manner.

    The drop in viewership in the cable news in the US is repeated in Canada.

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  4. The drop in viewership in the cable news in the US is repeated in Canada.

    Can't wait for Sun Tv News,maybe we'll get something closer to real reporting for a change.

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  5. I sent the Portage-Lisgar Conservative Association $200 on Aug 17th, with a note that Candice has been an inspiration to the rest of the Conservative team, with all her hard, determined work.

    Since then, she has impressed me even more ! She is showing the kind of passion that I just love to see in our MPs.

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  6. Since then, she has impressed me even more ! She is showing the kind of passion that I just love to see in our MPs.

    Oh me no doubt, she truly is impressive. I say Candice deserves a cabinet position that's for sure.

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  7. I stopped watching TV news a long time ago. The internet follows the news with more depth and background and I am worried the powers that be may try to crack down on free speech.

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  8. I know why this has happened and I know the registry will be scrapped today and there is a force changing hands on this one. Good, bout time if you ask me. (real conservative)

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  9. frmgrl, have you taken a look at BCBLUE? take a look and maybe you might highlight part of it or advice others to take a look- it helps with further explaination on the police long gun registry and the $4M.


    C-B-C
    I see(C) BULL(B) CRAP(C)

    We however, are 'Canadians Broadcasting to Canadians'.

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  10. I see the gun registry as a similar tactic to what England used before banning all arms in the British Isles. I would also urge everyone to remember the words that could be seen on many bumper stickers back in the 70s when talk of banning guns was hot and heavy...

    WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS

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  11. WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED ONLY OUTLAWS WILL HAVE GUNS

    Ah,yes. Good one,Bob! I do remember seeing those bumper stickers come to think about it. Thanks for the reminder and so true.

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