Reader Clarence R. offers a mild correction to my earlier rant about gun confiscation in Canuckistan:
Kim:
In Canada not all guns are registered, only (legally owned) restricted and prohibited firearms are in the RCMP database and cannot be sold without notifying the RCMP. Hunting rifles and shotguns are non-restricted and therefore not registered to the owner and can be sold to other PAL holders without notifying the RCMP.
In 2022 the govt created a list of 2,500 rifle models that were previously unrestricted, declared them prohibited and now wants owners to self report that they possess them so they can be confiscated. Those who report first may receive financial compensation if the money doesn’t run out first.
I have an M1 Carbine which was restricted when I purchased it because one bank robber in Montreal in the ’60s had the habit of concealing a paratrooper M1 under his parka. As of 2022 it is a prohibited weapon, I can’t sell it or take it to a gun range.
I chose to self report because I knew that the RCMP database listed my M1. If the Liberals were to win the next provincial election and wanted to “take guns off the streets” it would be a simple matter of comparing two datasets, the restricted firearm database and the list of self reported firearms. My name would pop up and I would be guilty of a firearms-related crime. At this point the police would have cause to arrest me and confiscate all my guns after which the govt would show all my rifles and pistols (I think I have [lots more]) spread out on some tables and falsely claim the streets were safer. So I made the decision to give up one low powered gun in order to not risk losing all my guns.
When I went to the govt website and punched in my RPAL (Restricted Possession and Acquisition Licence) it immediately brought up my M1 complete with serial number and a buy-back value of $650Cdn.
Needless to say I didn’t volunteer any information about any other guns in my possession that may or may not be on the list of “assault style rifles”. The general consensus at the local gun shop counter is that no one is reporting “assault style rifles” that the RCMP doesn’t know about.
Thankee for the clarification [sic]. (Yeah, I took out the actual number of guns he owns because Good Reasons, given the Canucki gummint’s penchant for spying on their citizens subjects.
Just the very fact of the RPAL’s existence sets my teeth on edge.
As for my U.S. Readers: never forget that the above rigmarole is precisely what our local Socialists want to do to us… or worse.
The only possible use for registering anything is to ensure the government has a list of where those registered things are, so they can be confiscated at some later date.
That goes for guns, cars, and anything else you can imagine.
On no.
That’s not the *only* reason.
Taxation is another reason.
Rounding up the *individuals* as opposed to just the guns is another.
And of course, let’s not leave out the less malignant “bureaucrats like data from which to generate their beloved TPS reports”.
Please read the (real, if you can locate it) history of Germany; period 1900 to 1950.
The three volumes by Richard J. Evans might be a good place to begin, but there are (many,many) others.
IMHO, the Canadians should have started collecting tar from the sands and feathers from all the chickens a long time ago.
Oh! and don’t forget the manila rope.
And another M1 carbine is lost to the world. Sorry Canucks but fuck Ottawa. Bail out and join what’s left of a free country while you can.
Auto Ordinance has the paratrooper M1 Carbine in production as we speak.
“At this point the police would have cause to arrest me….”
This bullshit right here is the whole problem there and here.
That should say “At this point the police can die like the government filth they are and anyone siding with them can too.”
That statement should be backed up by action with prejudice.
The attitude expressed by the Canadian is what has us all in the the perpetual circle jerk we’re in with us being the pivot man. >:-[