(This goes vastly off-topic, so anyone who isn't interested in my
rantings, please disregard)
In message <1132889926.512032.12320.TakeThisOut@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>
jotto.TakeThisOut@POBOX.COM wrote:
>> We should start measuring the Canadian gov't expenditures
>> by gun registries. Put things into perspective.
>
>Well, actually, I am not certain you can. The first step is to compare
>crime rates and police expenditures by the percentage of the population
>allowed to carry guns. Were I Canadian, you would not know about the
>weapons in my closet; nor would the burglar.
Sorry, that signature is only supposed to go into Canadian-specific
groups (where people that follow politics would know the history), but
it appears I have it misclassified. Fixed in my master sigfile...
The Canadian gun registry was supposed to cost ballpark $5-million, and
it would repay 100% of that money within a small number of years (based
on fees collected during registration)
In reality, about $4 billion dollars in, they determined that the
project is unworkable in it's current state and would need over $1
billion to fix what they've got done so far.
>You folks want to make the world safe for thieves, burglars, rapists
>and murderers.
Not at all -- I'd much rather a potential thief know that there are
50/50 odds of me having a gun in my house then 10:1 odds that I don't.
I'd also like them to know that if I should happen to decide to wound or
kill them while they're on my property without my authorization, I won't
even need to see the inside of a court room to be cleared of any crime.
--
I don't approve of political jokes...
I've seen too many of them get elected.
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