canvas, I will accept your comments regarding the right-wing in Canada since I do not know enough about Canada's social and political dynamics to comment but here in the US it seems to me (my opinion only) that the right wing is far more intrusive but they don't see anything wrong with it - for example the intravaginal ultrasound probes in Virginia.
And yes! A day at the range works wonders. I've taken many a firearm virgin out to the local range and invariably they had a good time.
We don't have the "religious right" as any kind of significant force, the way it appears to be in the US. Although we do have a lot of the political left accusing the right of dragging "religious beliefs" into the mix, just as the right will accuse the left is being "Stalinists". Yes, there are a few of each on both sides but, up here, neither epitaph is accurate or helpful when describing the mainstream on each side.
What we really have, in a simplistic way, is the divide between the urbanites residing primarily in the three largest urban areas, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver along with the political and bureaucratic classes from Ottawa against the smaller centres and rural populations along with what we call "the West" which for these purposes describes everyone living from Thunder Bay (just north of Duluth, MN.) all the way to Vancouver on the west coast, but not including Vancouver. I think you guys call it "fly over country".
Politicians from both sides have emphasized and exacerbated this divide for their personal gain over the last 30 years. Not a good thing.
