No need for new gun law
Re: New Draconian Liberal gun control legislation , Bill S-223.
It didn’t take long for the new Liberal government to table new gun-control laws. It’s pretty obvious they didn’t learn a thing from the $2-billion dollar boondoggle of C-68
Recently, retiring senator Celine Payette debated her gun control bill, S-223, at second reading in the Senate. S-223 does a complete overhaul of current firearm laws. Her draconian approach follows the British law, which would not permit the possession of firearms in your home. Guns would have to locked up in a gun club storage vault. All semi auto firearms would be banned.
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All use of restricted firearms would be outlawed. She believes that the only guns that should be used are hunting rifles, shotguns, and 22 caliber. After lawful use of these long guns, they would have to be returned to the gun club storage vault.
Any firearms used in competition would have to be transported by bonded commercial carriers. A plain crazy suggestion.
Bill S-223 also repeals all the changes made by bill C-42.
After all the wars fought by the lawful firearm community since 1991, the political class has little regard for lawful firearm ownership in Canada . This new gun control bill demonstrates that the Liberal party basically wants to outlaw the ownership and lawful use of firearms in Canada.
Liberals believe that no guns will eliminate all gun crimes in society. How naive. Criminals don’t follow laws.
S-223 will be retiring Senator Peyette’s legacy. This bill, if passed, will eliminate nearly all ownership and recreational use of firearms in Canada.
It’s time for all firearm owners to call or write elected representatives to show their opposition to Bill S-223.
Inky Mark
Dauphin, Man.
Don’t pass along water
The Western Producer’s March 17 issue contained a letter from Albert Schryvers of Quill Lake, Sask., regarding Quill Lakes flooding.
Schryvers did indicate his experience in the matter, as well as history of the issue. In the past few years there has been a plethora of media items regarding this. Every one of those items, no matter who they are from, only touches a portion of the problem, and more importantly, have almost a non-solution.
Sask. Water Security was trying to promote the establishment of a water channel to drain Quill Lakes into Long Lake. I did attend one of those idea meetings and I did tell them that they wanted to pass the problem to someone else and not solve it.
All farmers who ditch are doing that. In plain words, they are passing multiple times increasing the “downstream” recipient problem. That is not a solution.
There are a lot of areas in Saskatchewan that have basically the same problem. The proper solution would be not to do, nor promote this.
Thank you Albert Schryvers for your letter.
Delwyn Jansen
Humboldt, Sask.
Climate change hysteria
Did anyone expect anything positive from Edmonton NDP convention in view of the attendance and negative attitude from Ontario and Quebec toward Western Canada?
Rejecting pipeline construction came as no surprise.
There exists a serious disconnect between the two provinces and Canada. Fossil energy needs a loud and unified voice for power and influence.
The environmental movement has its own axe to grind.
Without a doubt, fossil energy will steer all global propulsion long into the foreseeable future, including air travel, waterways, ground-travel and agriculture.
Today, Canada needs to improve her export facilities and leave the problems of global warming to future generations.
As of today, humans will continue consuming fossil fuel in the sky, on land, across waters and underground.
Without a doubt there will exist a huge volume of ice in the Antarctic, along with penguins by the thousands, mountainsides covered with California poppies and Tuscon, Arizona, wheat fields at Carrot River, Sask., along with icebergs and polar bears in Churchill, Man.
It is hoped that countries will be careful with their taxation funds before they go up in smoke by greenhouse hysteria.
John Seierstad
Tisdale, Sask.
