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And how then shall we defend ourselves against the British invaders?

by Aaron Wherry on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 3:50pm - 0 Comments

While lamenting the “media war” and the “political aggravation” surrounding the gun registry, Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz frets for our impending police dictatorship.

When law enforcement managers try to write the laws they enforce, history has taught us we risk becoming a state where police can dictate our personal freedoms … Why are the police chiefs so strident in their quest to keep the registry in place? They won’t admit it, but it appears they don’t want Canadians to own guns. To that end, they need a database that will help them locate and seize those firearms as soon as a licence or registration expires.

Tags: C-391, firearms, Garry Breitkreuz, gun control, gun registry, long gun registry

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Skinny Dipper

I think we should ask Police Chief Harper what he thinks of the other police chiefs.

frobisher

"That's some good police work, Lou"?"

http://intensedebate.com/people/Ottawa_Centrist Ottawa_Centrist

Palin / Breitkreuz 2012
http://dredtory.blogspot.com/ Sir_Francis

So, is Harper planning to run against Canada's police forces in the next election? I can just see the negative ad campaigns now:

"Constables. On our streets. With guns. And you. Also on our streets. With none. We're not kidding."

A huge winner, that.
TedTylerEzro

Please, every knows that the police want the registry to go fishing. It has no other practical use.
guest

"When law enforcement managers try to write the laws they enforce, history has taught us we risk becoming a state where police can dictate our personal freedoms."

hmmm

"While police can and should be consulted on the efficacy of current policies, police chiefs should not be lobbying to tell the government which laws it should adopt."

uh…huh

Doesn't Parliament adopt laws? The government only introduces bills. The elected representatives in the legislature vote on them. Oh, but that is the "tyranny of the majority" and heaven forbid the government be accountable to them (reminder…"them" = the people's representatives)!

So let's get this straight. If the police don't obey the government's whims (by suppressing reports or not toeing the party line), we risk becoming a police state. AND YET when the government is forced by that darned constitution to go along with the will of the majority of the House (remember, the role of which is to hold that same executive branch of government to account), that is tyranny.

If it cannot acquire that elusive majority, will the government simply continue to disregard the democratically elected majority of the House (the opposition), mislead the public about our system of government and who is accountable to whom, generate tax-funded propaganda, and increasingly move us toward an authoritarian state?

http://dredtory.blogspot.com/ Sir_Francis

…"police chiefs should not be lobbying to tell the government which laws it should adopt."

But I guess Defence chiefs can lobby to tell the government which laws it should adopt, unless Harper or one of his ministers privately scolded Rick Hillier for telling Parliament how to vote.