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- Thread starter Roughneck12
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Just in case you didn't read it the first time:
I have only two comments to this:
Plainly,
1) You sir are a gentleman and a scholar,
2) AMEN
I fight the battles that can be "won" and don't waste time, energy or money fighting battles that can't be won. The government has a never ending supply of money (they use our money to fight us and they NEVER run out)... they have an endless amount of time (in fact delaying the outcome can often be a win for them since with delays and appeals they can in theory drag a final decision out for many years and that only helps them not us... and in the end even if they lose (and we win) after all the time and money is spent, we don't get back our costs fighting it and all the government needs to do is change the law and the whole "win" is down the tube.
So you tell me... how can I justify "fighting" their decision? I'm in business to make money... it's how I feed my family and pay my bills. I keep hoping that our "Canadian Gun Owner Associations" like CSSA will take-on and win some of these battles but so far their track record has been rather disappointing. As recent as this morning I received an email pointing out CSSA's inability to influence a positive outcome on the T97 ruling.
Everyone keeps blaming the RCMP for these "decisions" but I personally blame the politicians and the voters... RCMP are doing their job (in my opinion)... In fairness I quite often agree with them (given the wording of the legislation) and that's all they have to work with. If you want them to change their classification rulings then get the politicians to clarify the grey areas of the law to eliminate such disputes. Either the courts or the politicians need to create a clear-cut definition of how the original legislation is supposed to determine what is and what is NOT a "variant"... then it will be clear for everyone (RCMP included) and classification of firearms will be easier, faster and less open to interpretation.
That is the battle that needs to be fought. It's being fought already in the courts but being appealed and who knows how long that will take or how wide spread it can be applied (if it is successful for the applicant as the lower court stated). A faster and more all encompassing solution would be to have the government introduce some form of legislation to clarity what the term "Variant" is supposed to mean in respect to the firearms legislation.
My opinion
Mark
I have only two comments to this:
Plainly,
1) You sir are a gentleman and a scholar,
2) AMEN
