"A related thread several days ago chronicled the efforts, marches, and protests by angry former gun owners in Canada and elsewhere."
keith, those "angry former gun owners" are still gun owners and their efforts, including storming Parliament Hill, resulted in the opposition Conservative Party promising to get rid of the gun registry.
The Conservative Party of Canada now is a minority government and holding to its promise when it has a majority in the House of Commons. What we did was not too little or too late; I was a mouthpiece and paraded outside the legislature here.
American sportsmen should consider more seriously demographics: their country (as Canada's) is one of hollowing countrysides and city states. We remind countryside politicians their seats are safe biding by our will.
This provides no assurance of anything because a majority represent the cities. It does, however, command a strong voice and represent a constituency to consider in making laws for everyone involving heritage, tradition and rights.
Yip-yapping about Amendments or Constitutions doesn't cut it. There was a time when reference to those words meant game-over. No more. Publics demanding better representation from their politicians must learn to thrust where it hurts.
I've been on these barricades for a long time. I know what doesn't work. Brave talk is great for the sound-bites and cameras but our guys who went to Parliament Hill were mostly respected white-haired community veterans, no camo and ball caps.
We got a written and declared political commitment from the governing party of Canada. Off-your-ass activism works, as mentioned many times here. Paying someone to act for us is O.K. for the weak and infirmed of our community.
The strong and willing do both.
