The Danger of Buying Into Uncertainty and Fear

Onagoth said:
Provide your source that shows that staffers are deleting emails.

...I've always received a confirmation email to every one I've sent and every single response I've received to a written letter has been canned. To me, idea that written is better than email is complete BS
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It's not worth arguing this. We're all on the same team.

I stated that I have worked in the political realm. I'm not going to get into an argument regarding engaging with your Member of Parliament - as long as you're doing so I'm all good. Enjoy your weekend.
 
Onagoth said:
Provide your source that shows that staffers are deleting emails.

...I've always received a confirmation email to every one I've sent and every single response I've received to a written letter has been canned. To me, idea that written is better than email is complete BS
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Well you're lucky. I wrote a personal e-mail and sent to senators during C-71 and never received anything back, except a few pre-fabricated messages. That being said, I did mail in a letter to Billy and Trudy and never received anything either….
 
ravenzoom said:
Well you're lucky. I wrote a personal e-mail and sent to senators during C-71 and never received anything back, except a few pre-fabricated messages. That being said, I did mail in a letter to Billy and Trudy and never received anything either….
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I wrote to every Senator prior to the vote on C-71 and received five responses (two from CPC Senators). Just because you don't receive a response doesn't mean you're not being read. Keep up the pressure.
 
I stopped buying ar15s but I haven't sold the ones that I already have. I Mostly buy pistols. Hasnt stopped my pistol buying

It looks like any ban does come about it will be ar15s. My pistols are safe for now but that could change in 2 yrs time. Once they ban scary guns they will come after my 1911 collection.
 
Ordered the Colt Python the government will have to pry it from my cold rotting corpse. Whoever orders the prying I will haunt them and curse them with a lifetime of the sh!ts.
 
Extremely well presented. The only thing I'd point out is the line about manufactured terms. All of these nitwits love to use "assault weapon" as a catch-all to their ignorance of firearms. I know it's nitpicky, but "assault rifle" is a fairly accepted term with a more or less agreed upon definition. "Assault weapon", on the other hand, is just a fear mongering nonsensical term used to scare the wits out of the ignorant.

That said, I've been in a bit of a pickle in regard to my range membership. My PAL expired end of August so being, what I thought was, proactive I filed my application for renewal at the beginning of May. After spending several hours on hold and being bounced from department to department, after several calls in, I keep getting told the same thing: "Your application is in queue and will be processed shortly." It's a very awkward situation to be in since I no longer have a valid PAL for my range membership and soon won't have a range membership for my restricted firearms.
 
i have heard a while back if you put a penny whit the letter they can not get trow it away for some legal reason think a nickel would be the same a priest told me this i wonder anyone else heard this
 
ravenzoom said:
Well you're lucky. I wrote a personal e-mail and sent to senators during C-71 and never received anything back, except a few pre-fabricated messages. That being said, I did mail in a letter to Billy and Trudy and never received anything either….
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To be clear, My experience is pretty much the same as yours. With emails, invariably get a confirmation but sometimes no reply....and with letters, if I do get a reply, it’s canned.

My point is that the medium doesn’t matter. In fact, I’ve never received a single response by any medium that directly answers the questions I ask. It’s always a canned response.

The only time I get a personal touch is when dealing with my local MP, whom I send things to more frequently than the PM or safety minister
 
Great letter, and excellent points. Thanks for taking the time to do this, Ryan.

I would like to add one point:

*IF* the worst case scenario happens and the ban can be fully-implemented during whatever time this government has left in power, *do not* voluntarily surrender your "banned" firearms. Wait for them to come to you. If you drive your guns to your local collection point or mail the to the CFO or whatever scheme the feds come up with to actually collect them, they're gone forever, regardless of who wins the next elections(s).

But if you wait for the first notification, the second notification, the phone calls, the summons, the knock at the door, the court date, the inevitable adjournment, the next court date, the appeal date, whatever procedure is put in place to make this happen it'll take YEARS. They haven't even come up with the mechanism for this confiscation yet, let alone the resources required to make it happen. Obviously take a path of nonviolent resistance, but don't make it easy for them. Make them work for it. Make every single confiscation cost five-figures in money and manpower to execute. Embarrass them. Make this cost billions. Make it so complicated and expensive even people who don't care about this issue start to ask why the government is spending ten-figures for no measurable gain, and why average Canadian gun owners are suddenly activists.

Remember, the government is a massive, inefficient lumbering machine. Look at the mess the long gun registry became. The civil servant payroll boondoggle. Massive, systemic holes in its own physical and electronic security programs. Bottomless money pits like failed airports and arenas. Dozens of white elephants and scandals in whatever province or territory you're in. This planned ban is one of the largest schemes by any Canadian government, ever. They're going to screw it up in epic, unprecedented ways. Just drag it out as long as you can, and that begins with noncompliance of any notifications you receive. Just hang in there. They can't arrest all of us.
 
BCreserveMP said:
Great letter, and excellent points. Thanks for taking the time to do this, Ryan.

I would like to add one point:

*IF* the worst case scenario happens and the ban can be fully-implemented during whatever time this government has left in power, *do not* voluntarily surrender your "banned" firearms. Wait for them to come to you. If you drive your guns to your local collection point or mail the to the CFO or whatever scheme the feds come up with to actually collect them, they're gone forever, regardless of who wins the next elections(s).

But if you wait for the first notification, the second notification, the phone calls, the summons, the knock at the door, the court date, the inevitable adjournment, the next court date, the appeal date, whatever procedure is put in place to make this happen it'll take YEARS. They haven't even come up with the mechanism for this confiscation yet, let alone the resources required to make it happen. Obviously take a path of nonviolent resistance, but don't make it easy for them. Make them work for it. Make every single confiscation cost five-figures in money and manpower to execute. Embarrass them. Make this cost billions. Make it so complicated and expensive even people who don't care about this issue start to ask why the government is spending ten-figures for no measurable gain, and why average Canadian gun owners are suddenly activists.

Remember, the government is a massive, inefficient lumbering machine. Look at the mess the long gun registry became. The civil servant payroll boondoggle. Massive, systemic holes in its own physical and electronic security programs. Bottomless money pits like failed airports and arenas. Dozens of white elephants and scandals in whatever province or territory you're in. This planned ban is one of the largest schemes by any Canadian government, ever. They're going to screw it up in epic, unprecedented ways. Just drag it out as long as you can, and that begins with noncompliance of any notifications you receive. Just hang in there. They can't arrest all of us.
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Exactly
 
I have to say the the post of BCpreserve MP is exactly what i intend to do, you have to be verse in english language to supply us with such a neat description of events that may be in the future. Thanks.

I know i have no problem speaking english but bilingual is not enough to write that good.:)
 
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