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Re: My Gun Control Rant
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 7 Jan 2001 20:13:13 GMT
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> I don't own a gun. I have no plans to own a gun at this time. But talk of
> stealing my constitutional right of bearing arms, and I may see the need
> before it's too late.
Nowhere within either the BNA act, or the Canadian Constitution (1982), is
there a mention of the right to bear arms. Therefore, you _do not_ have a
right to own them within Canada. You have whatever rights the majority of the
people of Canada decide are reasonable to grant you _at this time_ with respect
to the possesion of a instrent that is more than able to kill people.
James
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| Hugely snipped... (...) Precisely. And what the lord(1) giveth, the lord taketh away. That's my point. The US is (theoretically(2)) constrained in what rights it can usurp because the US is founded on the principle that rights come from the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Then I guess you should register when you buy alchohol products. Isn't around 30% of traffic deaths alchohol related. I don't consume any alchohol, so it doesn't affect me. Let's make it as hard to get as possible. How about cigarette (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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