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Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
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Thank-you Charlton Heston & the NRA...
I see a marked difference between an illegal firearm and an illegal owned firearm.
In all the cases of shootings around me they have obviously been perpetrated by people illegally in possession of firearms - and more importantly in all cases with illegal firearms.
Basically at the most simplistic level, in Canada legal privately owned firearms are those that can be used for hunting (rifles & shotguns - no more than a 5 or 10 round capacity depending on firearm)... so handguns, SMGs, and assault & battle rifles are illegal - illegal to own, transport, sell, or manufacture. Of course there ar many exceptions to this... good site covering it is:
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/E/pub/cp/.../rc4227-e.html
The major problem is American influence - whether it be simply cultural or more insidiously supply. Culturally speaking American influence on the matter can be seen with the number of gun owners that believe they have "the right to bear arms" (nope it'd be a privilage) - or through the political and financial support for those in Canada opposed to either the gun registry or the imposing of limits on ownership... in this case Charlton Heston and the NRA have dropped considerable cash fighting gun control in Canada; under the assumption that if gun control is successful in Canada it'll set a "bad" precedent/example that gun control lobbyists in the US could use.
I personally have no problem with people owning hunting rifles or shotguns, or with people collecting - in fact I own some now (second model Brown Bess blackpowder musket ; a Queen Anne flintlock pistol, and a Winchester Model 70 "stealth" .308). However I went through all that trouble of registering them (paperwork and training) and I do not store them at home, but at an "armoury" were I check them out when and if I need them - don't see the point or risk of keeping them at home in the city.