Comments on: Toronto Police Chief: Enough guns to start a small war

By: Canadian Police Forces Part II « Red Ensign

Canadian Police Forces Part II « Red Ensign — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:44:52 +0000

[...] is almost nothing he does that isn’t in the interest of either his career or his political masters. Secondly, he goes to untold lengths to cuddle criminals and harass law-abiding citizens. He is [...]

By: Allegra Sloman

Allegra Sloman — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:37:22 +0000

Yes, the registry was an expensive and self-deluding boondoggle that makes it much harder for law abiding citizens to possess and transport guns. Yes, the man in question didn’t do anything wrong besides ‘paperwork’ screwups. But leaving dozens of unsecured guns lying around an apartment is a bloody stupid thing to do.

Unlike most women commenting about guns I’ve actually qualified for the FAC. I think the jackass who didn’t secure his guns was an idiot. If he wasn’t going to obey the law, the guns shouldn’t have been in his apartment, but someplace else secure and unlikely to be discovered by the cops. It’s not him being outside the law that annoys me nearly so much as that he was a moron about it.

In short, the cops were self-aggrandizing and magisterial twits in this case, but they at least were smarter than their victim. Let us hope, brothers and sisters, that the weapons actually get destroyed and don’t find their way into a cop’s private collection… not that THAT ever happens.

By: Mark Shortreed

Mark Shortreed — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:32:53 +0000

It’s abundantly clear why the police want the registry.
Once you register your weapons, don’t dare let your yearly payments lapse. Once that happens, you can expect the SWAT team to swarm your home and take your property. Nice police work. Tracking down armed criminals instead of lapsed licenses would impress me a lot more. Everyone who registered their firearms also had to sign away their right to force police to obtain a search warrant to enter their home.

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:25 +0000

As stated several times previously this reeks of a corrupt photo-op. Chief Blair is expounding how dangerous this collection could be yet not once was any crime committed short of conscientious objection to a vile, discriminatory law that took what appears to be previously legal collection of inanimate objects and outlawed them even though no crime was committed. Try that with automobiles and see what happens even though they will be used illegally and kill far more people that any number of firearms over any given time period. Another thing that these raids point out is the fact that Canadian gun owners are exempt from our own Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian Firearms Act permits government to raid a citizen’s home without warrant to investigate even the weakest of accusations. Drug dealers and gang members have more protection – today’s culture has mutated into an apathetic entity that has difficulty differentiating good from bad.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:52:31 +0000

It’s wonderful to ‘finally’ see the most of the urban majority has finally had the wool pulled from their eyes, and see this Canadian Liberal Gun Farce for the useless abomination it really is. Up until this time, nothing has divided Rural and Urban citizens more than Canada’s stupid idiotic gun laws. The urban masses, most who have been hoodwinked into believing the nonsense spouted by the likes of Wendy Cukier, CACP, and the CPA lobby groups, have followed along behind a parade of socially engineered ignorance like the good Sheeple the Liberals always wanted them to be. If the Liberals and NDP have enough numbers to vote this down, it will only highlight the partisan politics rampant in this country and prove once and for all they don’t give a rats A** what their constituents really want.

By: squid1230

squid1230 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:09:45 +0000

Two thoughts:
1) If the registry is so vital , odd that it took so long to find these firearms.
2) It is unlikely that criminals would find these guns too readily, as they were not on the registry which has been breached over 300 times. Ironically, having unregistered guns is a greater benefit to society than registered ones.

By: Hokus Grey

Hokus Grey — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:34:11 +0000

So….. here is the head of the CAPC lording over the virtues of the Long Gun Registry just before it comes up for debate in the House of Commons….. the CAPC which is supposed to be a non-political group, but is in fact an anti-gun lobby, a for profit, private club that takes money from the likes of Tazer International and CGI…….. the company that designed and maintains the Registry……. look, here’s the deal the citizens of this country are being duped by these lobbyists in the worst way! The Registry is not used to solve crimes and keep the public safe, but instead creates criminals out of law abiding citizens by violating their right to own private property. Let’s all put on sunglasses so we aren’t blinded by the shining light of these righteous warriors who would take the guns out of the homes of old collectors who don’t keep up on their paperwork, while squandering public resources in their quest for political office. Look into it people! The facts are there to be had!

By: John Evers

John Evers — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:43:07 +0000

Ok lets do a little review here with regard to the owner of the firearms siezed by Blair and his gang. Did the individual in question kill anyone? no. Did he rob anyone? no. Did he sell drugs? no Did he rape someone? no. Did he threaten anyone at any time? no. So what has he done? Simple. Not fill out government paperwork that is it. A paper crime. Now what is interesting is that NOTHING he did was illegal before 1991. So here we have the police spending time and resources to chase down someone who is a threat to nobody. Meanwhile they indicate that he lived in a “high crime area”. Well here is an idea…………….spend our tax dollars on the CRIMINALS who are threats and create your as described HIGH CRIME AREA!

By: Phil N

Phil N — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:35:50 +0000

So what really have here is a person who peacefully owned a number of firearms for decades (they were registered under the old system) who is being harassed for not having a piece of paper. Well I for one can see why the Toronto police would be harassing old men for paper crimes, it is a lot safer than doing something about their gang problem. Easier than trying to solve a murder or rape. No career breaking potential like investigating corruption in the city or provincial governments. Bottom line, none of this guys guns have killed as many people as Bryant’s car and there is no reason what-so-ever to think that was going to change.

By: Eren Joudrey

Eren Joudrey — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:33:35 +0000

gentleman has gun registered and collects fire arms ……c-68 come through, he say “screw it”

he buys more as time goes on illegally albeit, but he has no “mens ria” or “criminal intent”
so during the last “sweep” of owners who have not registered, he is discovered, and they serve a hard -knock warrent and brag to the press on what an awesome job they are doing.

when in fact this guy although illegal and no criminal intent , had some of these firearms for at least over 12 years and nothing happened.

better yet it took that long for the police to “find them”?

hey Mr Blair- get a life and go after the dough heads who actually cause crap in our streets