Part 2 doesn’t really have anything to do with Janie Taber’s little apparent attempt at fiction regarding Candy getcherguns Hoeppner’s little ego trip, but it did raise questions in mind like how does stripping away at gun control square with a tough on crime agenda? How does the meme of not wanting to “make criminals out of law abiding farmers and hunters” as a justification for scrapping the long gun registry, but much the latest dumb on crime omnibus bill, along with more of the upcoming dumb on crime agenda will surely do just that–criminalize law abiding farmers and hunters–well, not only them, but law abiding Canadians of all stripes work? How do they justify that?
Stevie and the Harpercons’ reasoning behind scrapping the long gun registry are asinine and hypocritical and doesn’t make sense. Certainly not in light of other legislation they’re bringing in or have brought in.
They claim the registry is too intrusive, yet they have no problem allowing the US to access any and all personal information of any passenger who is on board any plane flying over American airspace. Ex-ray machines to scan airplane passengers’ naked bodies, along with invasive pat downs.
How Does Scrapping The Long Gun Registry Compute With Harpercons’ Dumb On Crime Agenda?
Simply put, it doesn’t. In fact, there are just too many inconsistencies. So much so, that they’re recurring mantra of ‘not wanting to criminalize law abiding hunters and farmers’ just doesn’t work.
How about warrantless internet spying? They seem to have no problem with that kind of intrusiveness. Is anyone going to tell me that those farmers and hunters or any other rural Canadian for that matter, who is against the long gun registry, is actually ok with warrantless internet spying? That whole dumb on crime omnibus bill is also pretty intrusive.
Speaking of that dumb on crime omnibus bill, those Harpercons keep harping on the fact that the long gun registry turns law abiding hunters and farmers into criminals? Well, there are parts of that omnibus bill that would do just that? In fact, it criminalizes many law abiding Canadians of all stripes. Let’s remember that that this omnibus bill would have someone found growing a few pot plants a mandatory stiffer sentence than a pedophile. And yes, boys ‘n’ girls, according to my experience living in rural Quebec, many of those same farmers and hunters that Harper keeps clamouring about, do grow pot plants. There are many, still, who grow the plants for their own medicinal use for specific illnesses, like cancer, HIV/AIDs, epilepsy, chronic pain, etc.
Also, Robbo Nicholson, our beloved injustice minister, has made it clear that this hideous omnibus bill is “just the beginning” of a whole new line of dumb on crime measures the Harpercons plan to bring into this session of parliament. More measures sure to bring many law abiding Canadians, including those farmers and hunters Stevie keeps the rallying cry loud and clear for, yes, including the red meat base out west, I strongly suspect. Let’s take a look at some of Robbo’s wish listhe expressed last year (bold text is my two cents):
The crimes now designated as serious offences include:
- Keeping a common gaming or betting house–I guess no more friendly nickel and dime poker games with the boys
- Betting, pool-selling and bookmaking–No more hockey pools or group lottery purchases, I guess, among friends and co-workers.
- Committing offences in relation to lotteries and games of chance.–Such as? Strip poker? Don’t they have such laws ont the books with regards to lotteries?
- Cheating while playing a game or in holding the stakes for a game or in betting.–Does that mean that casinos have to stop fixing games? Does that mean young Johnny has to stop cheating while playing Sunday night monopoly on family night?
- Keeping a common bawdy-house.–Many escorts/prostitutes do receive clients in their own homes and/or clients receive the escort/prostitute in their little ‘love nests’ (secondary apartments if they’re married)
- Various offences in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act relating to the trafficking, importing, exporting or production of certain drugs.–Grow ops; probably also means no more pot permits for medicinal use; explains the clamp down on compassion clubs. They’re already attempted, unsuccessfully, to close down Vancouver’s safe injection Insite program–latest Supreme Court Decision has ordered in favour of Insite
Gee, if Robbo keeps this up, breathing the wrong way or looking at a Harpercon cross-eyed will be illegal. The point is that, are you going to tell me that even true dyed in the wool Con voters have never even participated in a hockey pool amongst his/her buddies or at the office? Just another example of criminalizing hard working law abiding citizens.
Bill C-391, the Dumb on Crime omnibus bill and the rest of that whole dumb on crime agenda does indicate one glaring issue with those Harpercons, though. Their blatant indifference to crimes against women. Nothing for victims of domestic violence. Marlene Jennings had once called out ol’ lock’emup Toews for his indiffernce regarding domestic violence:
“So if the crime’s committed in the home, then I guess that’s okay?”
We’re going backwards when it comes to sexual assault. We’ve seen this recently with Justice Robert Dewar’s recent decision and Vic “lock ‘em up” Toews’ rumblings about removing ‘sexual assault’ from the criminal code and going back to ‘rape’– a much harder crime to convict. We’re going back to the old blame the victim with sexual assault against women under Toews’ and Nicholson’s watch. I mention this because I wonder how Janie Taber can continue to be such a cheerleader for Stevie and this band of misogynists. I wonder how Harpercon women like Candy ‘getcherguns’ Hoeppner can not only continue to do her puppet master’s dirty work, but how can she push for a bill that would surely exacerbate domestic violence and other violent crimes, particularly against women?
Love how the Harpercons claim this omnibus bill will be supporting victims. It sure doesn’t help female victims, that’s bloody well for sure. In fact, if anything, it further villifies them.
Regarding domestic violence, and their indifference toward it, one gets the feeling they’re ok with a husband/boyfriend abusing his spouse/girlfriend. After all, I don’t recall Super Toews offering any answer to Marlene Jennings’ question that day.
Cost
A red herring. Nothing more. Sure the initial costs were more than expected. With any new legislation or project, under any party’s watch, costs generally are. Bill C-391 won’t bring that money back to the tax payers, nor back to government coffers. That money is already spent. The yearly costs are quite nominal compared to other useless projects and legislation the Harpercons have going these days. Hello fake lakes and billion dollar security which yielded the biggest mass arrest in Canadian history; mass arrests which saw peaceful. law abiding protesters excercising their democratic right to express dissent, or so they thought? Oh and what about 50 million dollar port-o-crap, glowsticks and gazebo slush funds in Muskoka?
What about the costs of the useless war in Afghanistan? Talk about throwing bad money after bad…
And of course, the secrecy of the dumb on crime omnibus bill and the rest of the dumb on crime agenda to come.
Not to mention, all those religious groups we’re funding!
All this to say that the yearly cost to maintain the long gun registry is pretty slim when you compare it other costs the Harpercons incur; most pretty wasteful.
Further Evidence That The Harpercons Have No Interest In Gun Control
Both Iggy and those six NDP MPs who changed their tune and voted with the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois in favour of maintaining the long gun registry, at least, wanted to take a crack at fixing what they felt was wrong with it. The Harpercons wanted to scrap this registry without even offering anything to replace the registry. If they really believed in gun control, but honestly believed the registry wasn’t the way to go, they would’ve had another proposal on the ready to present to the House of Commons and to Canadians. They didn’t. Now they have their majority and scrapping the registry is another item on their to do list along with their dumb on crime agenda. They still don’t have anything to propose to replace the gun registry in an effort to at least, pretend to care about gun control.
Punishment Instead of Prevention
Many critics, along with your’s truly, have always maintained that we should be concentrating on measures of prevention and rehabilitation rather than punishment when it comes to fighting crime. Not only is it much cheaper to the tax payers, but rehabilitation and prevention would produce much better results.
One would think that scrapping the gun registry or getting rid of any measure of gun control, for that matter, would be counterproductive in the fight to gun crimes. All one has to do is look south of the border, particular in states where gun control laws are particularly lax to know that strong gun control laws would be a big step in prevention.
Again, I ask, tough on crime or dumb on crime?
Why the Hurry?
One does have to wonder why Candy “getcherguns” Hoeppner is in such a hurry to scrap the gun registry. After all, the Harpercons do have their majority until 2015. There is plenty of time. As I’ve mentioned in Part 1, pollster Nik Nanos did mention that the Harpercons don’t fair too well when they start obsessing about gun registries, dumb on crime and other such paranoia instead of economy and jobs, which should be the top priority of this government these days as we head into uncertain economic times and as mentioned before, poll after poll has reflected that the top issues for Canadians these days are jobs and the economy.
Even if there were another minority, the last election was pretty evident that the long gun registry didn’t play any part in the campaign. Odds are, it won’t again, one way or another the next election.
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The red meat base. To which I say, so what? They stick with Stevie, no matter what. We’ve seen this time after time. They ain’t goin’ anywhere. The fact is, the gun registry isn’t a priority for most. Even those who don’t like it, have lived with it for over 15 years, they can live with it for a while longer. So, again, what’s the rush?
Better question, why is this whole scrap the gun registry/dumb on crime more pressing than the economy and job creation?
And while we’re at it, how could these Harpercon women and their she-cheerleaders continue to support these misogynists?
Again, how about it, Jane and Candy?