I assume you mean to ask if I know any canadian citizens who have been forced to give up their guns and/or pay for licensing of their guns?
Well, yes and no. I have not yet met anyone who has had to give up their guns (as practically all guns that would now be considered illegal but that were legally owned before 1996? 1998? were grandfathered in).
I do know people who have had to register their guns and pay a fee for it when they previously had not done so. Including my father, actually.
I may be mistaken but I believe that the only firearms that are actually prohibited in Canada automatic weapons (including conversions), short barreled handguns and short barreled rifles. And, again, keeping in mind that most of those owned prior to the mid-to-late 90s were grandfathered in.
So, yeah. I stand by what I said. I don't know any canadians who feel punished by the gun laws.
As far as comparing a driving license and a gun license, I feel the comparison is disingenuous. Apples and oranges and all that.
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Date: 2006-09-28 03:56 am (UTC)I assume you mean to ask if I know any canadian citizens
who have been forced to give up their guns and/or pay for
licensing of their guns?
Well, yes and no. I have not yet met anyone who has had to
give up their guns (as practically all guns that would now
be considered illegal but that were legally owned before 1996?
1998? were grandfathered in).
I do know people who have had to register their guns and pay
a fee for it when they previously had not done so. Including my
father, actually.
I may be mistaken but I believe that the only firearms that are
actually prohibited in Canada automatic weapons (including conversions),
short barreled handguns and short barreled rifles. And, again,
keeping in mind that most of those owned prior to the mid-to-late 90s
were grandfathered in.
So, yeah. I stand by what I said. I don't know any canadians
who feel punished by the gun laws.
As far as comparing a driving license and a gun license, I feel the
comparison is disingenuous. Apples and oranges and all that.