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When shall we go in and take over Canada ?

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#1 ·
I think once the Citizens of Canada is totally unarmed, US should go in and take over that piece of land
I mean we have to, before some communist does it

globeandmail.com: Toronto politicians demand Ottawa ban all handguns

Toronto politicians demand Ottawa ban all handguns

ANTHONY CAPUANO AND ANTHONY REINHART

From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

January 15, 2008 at 5:50 AM EST

Toronto politicians are calling for their federal counterparts to totally ban handguns three days after a shooting outside a downtown strip club left an innocent bystander dead.

"It's inappropriate for citizens of this country to own a handgun, there's no need for it," said Councillor Michael Walker, who put forward the motion to council.

"It's the only way to stem the tide of violence in our cities. ... Mr. O'Keefe was a victim of that violence," said Mr. Walker (Ward 22, St. Paul's).

John O'Keefe, 42, was shot early Saturday morning near Yonge and Bloor Streets. Police believe he was hit by a shot aimed at a bouncer who ejected two men from the Brass Rail Tavern. Edward Paredes, 23, and Awet Zekarias, 22, were charged with first-degree murder and appeared for a bail hearing at Old City Hall yesterday. The semiautomatic handgun allegedly used was legally owned by Mr. Paredes, according to Toronto homicide detectives.

At City Hall yesterday, Mayor David Miller voiced his support for a handgun ban. "It is time to say once and for all we don't accept the ownership of handguns in our society," Mr. Miller told reporters.

The motion is set to be voted on by council Jan. 30.

Not all are convinced such a ban would be effective. Councillor Michael Thompson said he supports increased penalties, but is skeptical of a handgun ban: "It is a great thing to say, but ... the practical ability to enforce it is impossible."

According to the Chief Firearms Officer, there are 150,000 legal handguns in Ontario.

Acquiring a legal handgun in Canada has been a complicated process for many years, which is why Tony Bernardo, executive director of the 15,000-member Canadian Shooting Sports Association, called the killing a "tragic anomaly" in that a legally obtained handgun was used.

A handgun ban would remove legal weapons from circulation, but they are rarely used in crime, he said, citing statistics from the federal Justice Department.

"In 2006, 2 per cent of the firearms homicides in Canada were done with a legal firearm," and not necessarily by the gun's legal owner, Mr. Bernardo said. "The year prior to that, it was 4 per cent. We're talking about something that statistically is so small, it isn't significant to even count it."

With a report from Jennifer Lewington

The rules of ownership

Prospective handgun owners must:

Obtain an application for a possession and acquisition licence under the Firearms Act.

Pass the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course.

Send the application, including two references, a photo and disclosure of conjugal partners and mental-health history, to the Canadian Firearms Centre in Miramichi, N.B.

Undergo checks on spousal history, references and police background. Depending on what the checks reveal, the application can be rejected and forwarded to the Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) for further investigation.

Await arrival of the licence by mail.

Join an approved handgun club, complete another handgun safety course and serve a probation period.

Apply, through the gun club, for an Authorization to Transport (ATT). If approved, the handgun can be bought and taken home. A further ATT is required to take the gun to an approved range, according to a prescribed route, with no stops allowed along the way.

Anthony Reinhart
is it time yet ?

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#3 ·
I think once the Citizens of Canada is totally unarmed, US should go in and take over that piece of land
I mean we have to, before some communist does it .
We (the US) already did, in a way. The English-speaking part of Canada was largely formed because Americans loyal to the crown fled the US around the time of the American Revolution. After all these years, our brothers are still misguided.

Cheers,
Herknav
:cowboy:
 
#5 ·
Haven't seen Colin in a while but I'll bet he can add to this!

Usual bleatings about ''guns'' per se - and ignoring the fact that even if there is an odd instance of a homicide employing a ''legal'' handgun this is but a drop in the ocean compared with illegal useage -- the guns that cannot be stopped or banned, because they will always be there for the bad guys, come what may.

The statements made in this remind me all too painfully of the bleatings in UK when Thomas Hamilton went postal in 1995 IIRC ----- and that was just the excuse the UK Gov wanted ... and they exploited it to the full, helped by the UK version of the Million Mom's. :frown:
 
#6 ·
I think we will take over canada once global warming heats up some more. Till then i salute our nation of park rangers to the north.

Im not at all suprised they are working towards a handgun ban. I lived up there for a few years and the lefty socialist mentallity was dominant over commen sense. Course that was in Quebec so it may have been the cheese eating surrender monkey (french) infulence.
 
#7 ·
Send the application, including two references, a photo and disclosure of conjugal partners and mental-health history, to the Canadian Firearms Centre in Miramichi, N.B.
Are you kidding me? What does one have to do with the other? and why is it any of the Gov't business?

I would have loved to see the justification on that part when it made it through their lawmakers....perverts.
 
#8 ·
Obtain an application for a possession and acquisition licence under the Firearms Act.

Pass the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and the Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course.

Send the application, including two references, a photo and disclosure of conjugal partners and mental-health history, to the Canadian Firearms Centre in Miramichi, N.B.

Undergo checks on spousal history, references and police background. Depending on what the checks reveal, the application can be rejected and forwarded to the Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) for further investigation.

Await arrival of the licence by mail.

Join an approved handgun club, complete another handgun safety course and serve a probation period.

Apply, through the gun club, for an Authorization to Transport (ATT). If approved, the handgun can be bought and taken home. A further ATT is required to take the gun to an approved range, according to a prescribed route, with no stops allowed along the way.
Wow. It just boggles the mind.
 
#9 ·
Ok everybody, as a LEGAL immigrant from the north to this fine country you have here, you've got to remember 2 things if you invade my homeland:

1. Large native population with a grudge holding their hand out.....oh and they're probably armed cause gun laws don't seem to apply to them.:blink:

2. The French. But they'll probably just run away.....which in the long run is probably the best thing that could happen to Canada.:congrats:

Have fun. :22a:
 
#12 ·
I thought the U.S. already fulfilled their "Manifest Destiny".:rolleyes:
 
#13 ·
Do we really want Canada? I mean if we could get enough oil out of it, then I'd say go for it! Otherwise, I'd say it's just too dog-gone cold up there.
 
#15 ·
They'll have the last bit of untamed wilderness in NA when everything else is developed and/or conserved. For that I envy them.

For those gun ownership rules, I do not. How can anyone actually think that with rules that strict, any of those law abiding people are comitting the gun crimes up there? The ones who have them and are comitting crimes are already beaking the law....what more would a ban do to them? NOTHING! :spankme:
 
#16 ·
Me thinks we've invaded enough countries this century - I vote no.
 
#19 ·
We are going to need Canada once Global Warming really kicks in.
It's much cooler up there.
I really do think that we need to invade.
First we will need to "Take Out" all of the Maple Syrup facilities the way we Took Out that Aspirin Factory.
I'm hoping for a bloodless coup though.
We'll just all drive right on in and start raising the Stars & Stripes on all of the flagpoles.
Mission Complete! :biggrin2:
And then our first job of Reconstruction will be to give everybody a handgun and open up pistol ranges everywhere. :yup:
 
#23 ·
Canadians also briefly took possession of part of San Juan Island of WA State ... called the Pig War as I recall. A pig died for the homeland and became Canadian Bacon...I may be confused.

Nah ... just take their money ... over the past 6-7 years it's become more valuable than ours.

I like Canadians so much I think they should become the next 13 states or whatever. Would considerably increase average manners and IQ and decrease population density of the US.
 
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