Screw You: I've Got Mine, Canadian Edition.

[MicroBalrog]

http://outdoorcanada.ca/15740/blogs/field-findings/now-that-the-long-gun-registry-is-doomed-is-it-time-to-take-aim-at-gun-licences

It seems almost a rule that if someone starts his opinion on firearms with a reference to his experience as a hunter, a terrible FAIL is about to emerge.

Not intended as an insult for anybody here who hunts - and indeed actual hunting has nothing to do with it. It's believing the main purpose of gun rights is hunting and "sports" is the source of this moral failure, and indeed a lack of either moral fiber or long-term strategic vision.

[brimic]

Strict? Viewed through the lens of the American firearms experience, no doubt. But for me, to be able to continue to freely tote my shotgun afield, it’s a relatively small—and easy—price to pay. Besides, would you like to share the forest with someone who’s never been properly trained in the safe use of a firearm? I know I wouldn’t

[El Tejon]

There are some you see governmental licensing as an approval of what they are doing and as as such it is part of their person.  It is a European attitude (the Europeans believe that everything is illegal, unless the government says it is legal, i.e. the default setting is illegal).

I remember taking LFI-I and we had some British gun owners visiting here in Indiana and they were extremely proud of their firearms cards, waving them about.  I remember snorting and calling them "yellow stars" and they were visibly upset and then learned why, because the government validates their existence by issuing firearms cards, i.e. they got to possess guns because the government said it was OK. 

Rights do not come from God in Europe, they come from the king who allows you to live.  You see this attitude in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California or Canada.

[RevDisk]

We have plenty of them in the US. Plenty of subgroups would happily throw every other group under the bus to allegedly save their own hobby. It wouldn't. Most said subgroups sorta kinda acknowledge that without financial support and lightning rod coverage by other subgroups, their own hobby would be impacted.

One guy's grandfather commented to me "em black rifles be the death of the second amendment.  HEY, wanna see my armor piercing rounds for my Garand?"

*shrug*

It's part of humanity. "I got mine, so you go to hell."

[Ron]

I remember taking LFI-I and we had some British gun owners visiting here in Indiana and they were extremely proud of their firearms cards, waving them about.  I remember snorting and calling them "yellow stars" and they were visibly upset and then learned why, because the government validates their existence by issuing firearms cards, i.e. they got to possess guns because the government said it was OK.  

Rights do not come from God in Europe, they come from the king who allows you to live.  You see this attitude in Massachusetts, New Jersey, California or Canada.

Same attitude here in Illinois. When folks find out about my interest in shooting they will often lower their voice to tell me with a wink that they have an FOID card also and they support gun rights.

The 15 bucks for the government permission card is cheap. If the price for permission went up there would be an outcry.

No outcry over the loss of freedom though.