Jay we are not talking about a simple break in. It would certainly
be a tougher call to be in your house at night (with family) when
a house invasion occurs. We are getting more and more of these in
Toronto, particularly in the well heeled Chinese community.
The crooks up here in Canada are breaking and entering when
occupants are home, percentage wise more often than in the States
because they know Canadians for the most part are unarmed.
10 years ago it took me a year to get a carrying permit that
allowed me to lock up target pistols in my home and drive them on
a DIRECT route to a club while locked in a case in the trunk of
the car. All other usage scenarios were Verboten. Big Brother
checked my international interpol status, talked to my neighbours,
asked me to leave the house while interviewing the wife and kids,
and arbitrarily changed the location of the 'secure room' twice.
It was an experience, but then one that the scum buckets cannot
pass. The low life have to go illegal and I suppose at least that
curbs the 'public' proliferation gun ownership .
Today, some years after some 20 women were shot and killed in a
Montreal university, after nationwide annual candle lite vigils,
the gun laws in Canada have been moved to the British model. More
importantly, the bureaucracy has become unfriendly, complicated
and obstructionist. It's never been my 'big' hobby, so I along
with many others have let my club membership lapse, the club is
getting financially strapped, collectors are folding their tents,
and in the end the shooting sport in Canada is simply fading
away - like dirt biking and 'environmentally damaging' old cars. I
notice the left wing hobbies (various forms of navel gazing) are
never under attack.
Most recently they now require registration of the long guns and
purchase of ammo. Never been a 'big' hunter guy anyway, but I
still got my LBC's.
Shoot low, they may be crawling.
Mike L.
60A,67E,59Bug
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From <type79 at ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: July 12, 2000 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: GUN CONTROL*NO LBC CONTENT* DELETE NOW IF NOT
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> Bag of Worms Time.
>
> This is an interesting story.
>
> I don't think it has a great deal of relevance to those of us in
the United
> States, but it brings up questions that always go through my
mind when the
> "defense of person and property" argument is raised.
>
> What is the occurrence rate of residential break-ins in which
the intruders are
> armed?
>
> Of those break-ins, what is the rate of injuries, minor or
fatal, to occupants
> of those homes?
>
> Of those break-ins, what is the rate of successful defenses by
armed home
> owners?
>
> Personally, I don't buy these "wild west" arguments. I would
feel as violated as
> the next person if my home were burglarized, but I don't think
the intruder
> should be put to death for breaking and entering. Gun advocates
also cannot
> ignore the unfortunate instances of household members who have
been gunned down
> by gun-owning homeowners thinking that their homes are being
invaded.
>
> With that said, I have no problem with the safe and responsible
ownership and
> sporting use of guns.
>
> I'm sure this thread will go on for a few dozen messages and I
probably
> unintentionally offended some listers that I consider friends.
If that's the
> case, I apologize.
>
> Jay Fishbein
> Wallingford, CT
> Pellet guns and Slingshots
> But no hand grenades, land mines, or thermo-nuclear devices.
>
>
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