Gun Owners' Resource

by Dylan Shott
The Gateway, University of Alberta

Thanks to intervention by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, feeble gun-control measures may survive what should have been a fatal blow. A private member’s bill currently being sent through the House of Commons aims to abolish the long-gun registry, which was established under the 1995 Liberal government. The new bill, C-391, passed first and second readings in the House, and was to go through its third reading as a free vote.

The following text is a transcript of the ninth chapter from the book ‘‘The Passionate Politics of Shaughnessy Cohen’’ by Susan Delacourt. It takes you behind the closed doors of the Canadian Parliament and tells the story of the birth of possibly the most despised piece of legislation in Canadian history: Bill C-68, aka the Firearms Act.

It is a must read, not only for firearms owners but for all Canadians as well. A look inside the closed doors of a Machiavellian government, it is guaranteed to shock and infuriate as it shows just how badly the Canadian public were manipulated by those who hold the reigns of power.

The Canadian people HAVE BEEN LIED TO. 

As most of you already know, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a general election for Canada for October 14, 2008.  What you may not know is that the Liberal Party is, once again, hopping on the "banned wagon" and threatening the rights of law-abiding Canadian gun owners.

This cannot be allowed!

Canadian firearm owners, regardless of other political convictions, must unite behind the Conservative Party of Canada to ensure the Liberals are unable to make good on their threats against our fundamental freedoms.  On October 14, it will not only be the future government that is chosen, but also the future of Canadian gun ownership.

The details of the Liberal plan have been laid out by the press: