Well. As of midnight April 5, 2012 the Long Gun Registry in Canada is history.
Thank you to the CPC for honouring a promise and thank you to all those who had a hand in this fight. Especially Tony Bernardo of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association.
With that, two conditions I set a few years back have been met.
“I’ll step from the field of battle known as gun rights activism if:
1) A CPC government is elected; AND
2) The long gun registry is eliminated.
I have other things I have to accomplish in regards to my family. I can only be in so many places at one time.
In the last few hours I have watched CSSA detractors wrongly attack the CSSA for things. They don’t know the background and won’t. They don’t need to and would, again, blunder around making a mess of things, requiring those who have a genuine, not imaginary, seat at the table to put out those fires with our friends in Ottawa.
As a side note? I have not held a membership with any gun org in Canada for the last few years and especially while I was writing this blog. I am and have been a private citizen during this “fight”.
Last night I took out a membership with the CSSA and made a donation to help them do more good work. I’m hoisting my colours.
The Western Canada-based Org gets nothing because it has members who have this incessant, incorrigible and childish need to attack “allies”. I cannot reward that behaviour. It’s infuriating and disgusting considering there’s more to do in the days ahead. I WILL nod in respectful deference to Dave Tomlinson (RIP) for his passion, knowledge and intellect that he brought to the fight through his Org. Thanks Dave. I know you’re looking down and smiling on these recent victories and those to come.
CSSA is, and will be, my voice in Ottawa and elsewhere concerning responsible firearms ownership and the laws and regs concerning firearms in Canada.
The guys that decided it was bad law and “will not comply”? You get my absolute respect for the courage to stand by your principles and fight for them.
Those in law enforcement who stood, opposed bad law, risked and sacrificed, like Randy Kuntz, give me comfort that the divisivness created by the Liberals and anti-gun bureaucrats in the traditional heritage between Peace Officers and the citizens in the firearms community in Canada, will, in time, be healed. It was a rift that existed because of the scheming tactics of those who infect the system and still seek to destroy a Canadian cultural heritage activity.
I also thank my beautiful bride for her patience and support over the years while this was underway. A lot couldn’t get done without that.
Bravo Zulu to all.
Not one inch and keep kickin’.
cgnnightmare, out.
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