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From: chapman@fornax.uucp
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Guns and Money (was Re: Canadian culture, etc.)
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Date: Wed, 25-Feb-87 21:32:11 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 25 21:32:11 1987
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> > Handguns are effectively illegal in Canada so it seems rather unlikely
> > that Canadians would magically develop an affinity for them due to free
> > trade; especially since this country was not borne out of a revolution
> > nor did it have a "wild west" frontier type past.
> 
> Some Canadians do have an affinity for handguns. The fact that they are
> essentially illegal keeps them from foisting their affinity on the rest of
> us. On the other hand, why should the U.S. weapons industry sit back quietly
> when a supposed "free" trade agreement will not let them sell us a product
> which is legal in the U.S.? In all likelihood, the gun lobbyists will use the
> Americans natural love of firearms to get handgun laws on the bargaining
> table. In a wild-west town like Calgary, the thought of easier access to
> guns is scary.
> 
> Rob Aitken
> "All I know is what my Daddy taught me -- the right to bear arms"
>                         - anonymous Calgarian, TV news

I'll say!  One of my more vivid memories of the states comes from one
of my visits to San Francisco.  Just south of the city I passed this
store with a big sign reading

			"GUNS & LIQUOR"

Just what we need.

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