Overproof wrote:
"Jeff Morris" wrote in message

For all the nonsense about "strict laws," the Massachusetts law,
considered the strictest in the country, simply prevents convicted felons
and patients of mental institutions from buying a handgun. The license
also requires a simple safety certificate, and is processed through the
local police department. Unless you're a felon or mentally ill, its
easier than getting a driver's license.


That's a load of **** Jeff..... we've had registration in Canada for 20
years on handguns and automatic weapons.... it never stopped the criminals.
Now only law abiding people have to pay upwards of $200 to own a firearm...
let alone the fees to use one.

The criminals on the other hand now have access to whatever they want and I
just don't think they bother with registration.


And yet, your homicide rate is a small fraction of the rate in the US.
Its even lower than in Massachusetts. How do you explain that?



So what's the big deal? Are you claiming gun control is bad because
felons can't get assault weapons? Mental patients can't get machine guns?
What's the issue here?


It's all crap... mental patients will inded get guns because background
checks are faulty... it happens up here all the time. Criminals now have an
easier time getting weapons. Only the law abiding are left defenceless.


heh, heh, if only the truth be known ... but I can say no more


The truth is Jeff... that pot smoking does NOT lead to crack cocaine... no
more than having a beer leads to being an alcoholic..... and that's a
fact.

Maybe you're right ... I've never even seen crack cocaine.