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Originally posted by Bruce Parker
what other priviledges will be manipulated, linked or denied if you don't act according to the way they think you aught to?
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Well said Bruce! I read the new Canadian constitution soon after Trudeau "repatriated" it home to Canada. My impression then and still is today what a weak document it is; full of warm and fuzzy thoughts but utterly lacking in protection (rights) for Canadians in regards to property. Since then, it has been all to easy for successive governments to abuse their power by using Orders-in-Council, thereby passing debate in the House of Commons to confiscate without compensation firearms legally purchased by law-abiding citizens. Canada needs a Bill of Rights similar to the American example in order to provide at least some measure of protection. Case in point: during the unrest post Katrina in New Orleans the Governor of Loiusiana banned all firearms and anybody caught with one would have it confiscated. For many people, the only protection against hordes of looters, rapists, and other ne'er-do-wells was their personal firearm, because as we all saw, the New Orleans Police were utterly ineffective in halting crime and in many cases were the perpetrators! The N.R.A. promptly took the State of Louisiana to Federal court, citing 2nd Amendment rights and the state was not only ordered to cease this activity but were also ordered to return any confiscated firearms! This could never happen in Canada as we have no property rights.
CHIMO!