Recent content by freep

This is true, but I'd be willing to put up with licensing and training if we were allowed concealed carry and the government kept it's nose out of classification and registration. Both Minnesota and North Dakota seem OK with licensing and training.

Thanks. I don't have a problem with licensing and training just as a general safety consideration and I don't want felons and people with mental issues being able to buy guns but I do think that registration (and classification) of any firearm is a waste of time and money and does nothing to...

I hope nobodies mis-interpreting me. I mean the government is wasting their time and money going after law abiding gun owners with regulations about magazine capacity, barrel length, etc.

I can't. Can you explain why 23 states with way more liberal gun laws than Manitoba have a lower rate? I do, however, suspect that there are many more factors involved. Manitoba has a very high poverty rate and it's probably the drug and gang capital of Canada. Rich Nordic farmers in N. Dakota...

Therein lies the problem. The average Canadian is brainwashed into believing that more guns=more deaths and thus support these nonsensical gun laws they are trying to pass. Just today I had a tradesman in my home and we started talking about the debates in the US. He said, "everyone is crazy...

Then why do 23 US states have less murders than Manitoba? I haven't checked the other states, but I know for a fact both Minnesota and North Dakota have concealed carry. And I'm willing to bet the other 21 have way more guns in circulation than Manitoba does.

In high homicide areas there is a definite correlation with poverty

Yes, NH with practically no gun laws. Canadians (especially politicians and gun control advocates) need to be informed that restrictive gun laws do not equal lower murder rates. No one wants to see us selling guns in the 7-11 or a vending machine but why are we wasting our time, effort and...

What has always bothered me is that my non-gun owning friends are always telling me that they support tough gun laws in Canada because, "we don't want to be like the States" Well, I live in Manitoba and I've known for quite sometime that my US neighbors Minnesota and North Dakota have lower...