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“This is Canada — the best country in the world. I think I deserved better.”

You are a people not even trusted to own firearms privately. And you wonder why your government is acting like thugs?

Just for the record John Doe, those of us that live in a country where gun ownership is restricted prefer living in a peaceful country where gun crimes are rare.

Hey Carlos, you’re absolutely right. What I didn’t write in that post is that I had spoken to a lawyer beforehand and knew my rights and things to say to police. However, I froze up. Those nightmarish scenarios took over my thought process and all the memorized scripts the lawyer had written for me I had completely forgotten.

I consider it a good learning experience. Next time, knowing how my brain reacted this time, I’ll be prepared differently should police stop me.

Ross, I guess that you don’t live in Halifax then, eh?

Carlos, there’s an article in today’s Niagara Gazette about the preparations that our local police department has made for any G20 protesters who can’t cross the border.

http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x657342622/A-different-kind-of-backup-a...

I’m seriously considering staking out the border for the next few days to see if there’s actually any activity. If I do and there is, then I’m going to photograph it.

And I prefer places like Kennesaw, GA with mandatory gun ownership that had a massive population boost but spiraling crime rate compared to one city that banned guns outright and had population loss, but a big jump in crime. Just thought I’d share.

Zach, you may consider role-playing with your friends so lessons from your lawyer can be ingrained in your memory and ready for use during the next real confrontation. I recently got a video describing what to say and when to say it when US cops try to use any means, fair or unfair, to gain concent to a search or a confession. But one doesn’t know how one acts until he sees the elephant.

Um? My grandpa’s gun rack would disagree with that statement. And trust me, you guys still corner the market on thuggish governments.

Besides, we don’t need guns John, we’re not afraid of everybody.

You can own guns in Canada. Gun ownership and trasnport is just a lot more regulated than in the U.S.A. On a positive side a lot less people own them and there are far fewer gun accident or gun related deaths in Canada. Also from from my perspective police are a lot les brutal and more respectfull in Canada.

G20 security now have the right to arrest anyone who doesn’t show ID or consent to be searched NEAR the G20 Fence. Scary stuff going on.

Read John Lott’s book ” More Guns Less Crime”. It will very informative.

Guns are tools, nothing more, nothing less, it is the person using them that is responsible. Forget this and you are just spinning your wheels. Focus on the problem. A responsible person, and most are, can be trusted with a 90mm anti tank rifle,with tank attached, and there will be no trouble. A fool is a problem, no matter what and criminals will get there tools, no matter what. Look at Mexico, a country of total restriction. It’s open warfare. No, the problem is a human one, not a hardware one. Until this is realized nothing will be accomplished. Gun control is a fools errand, do not be a fool.

I have to say one thing though that I disagree with in the article.
That is to say that, while in the US, a police officier is obligated to tell someone on which charge they are being detained, correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe it to be the case here in Canada (At least that’s what I heard in a university course on canadian society)