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To: Slagle who wrote (17613)	4/24/2007 9:28:18 AM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218649

g'morning slagle- Different country, different culture, I suppose. yes, i suppose that's what it is. good point about the bequest from a dear uncle though. i hadn't thought of that. no one in our extended families - both sides - own hand guns. to say to do so was a "foreign concept" to us, would put it mildly. we categorize the idea of owning handguns, let alone cherishing them, more in the lunacy department. our kids too, are accomplished judoka and the discipline of learning the skill, not the skill itself, has served them well. -rose

To: Slagle who wrote (17613)	4/24/2007 11:01:42 AM
From: gg cox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218649

<<But I think I see another even larger cultural divide. You mean to tell me that your son wouldn't treasure a bequest from a dear uncle, no matter what it was? He wouldn't have to shoot the thing or go brandish it about, he could keep it unloaded and without ammo hidden in a drawer or cupboard somewhere, as a remembrance of his departed uncle.>> If a favourite uncle owned a glock in Canada ,this is what he would have to do EVERYTIME he went to the range. ""A chief firearms officer may issue to an individual an authorization to transport if the chief firearms officer determines that the transportation of a restricted firearm or prohibited firearm, as the case may be, between two or more specified places will not pose a threat to the safety of the individual or any other individual. SOR/2004-269, s. 1."" ""4.A chief firearms officer who issues an authorization to transport shall attach to it the condition that the firearm be transported by a route that, in all the circumstances, is reasonably direct."" Revocation.. """A chief firearms officer who issues an individual's authorization to transport shall revoke it if (a) the individual's licence to possess any of the firearms referred to in the authorization is revoked or reaches its expiry date; or (b) the chief firearms officer becomes aware that the individual's physical or mental state has deteriorated to an extent that may affect the safety of the individual or of any other person."" The only way dear old uncle Chester could possibly pass his glock down to favourite nephew would be if he did not register it when gun control came to Canada.If he was a law abiding citizen at the time, and registered it, he would have ended up chopping it into many pieces(which is against the law) because of above regulations... and many more. Storage.. laws.justice.gc.ca laws.justice.gc.ca Favourite law abiding nephews, of Canadian glock owning uncle afficionado, would not want to be saddled with these responsibilities in this quick draw blackberry, cell phone age.<g>

To: Slagle who wrote (17613)	4/25/2007 7:52:18 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218649

My kids are good shots, too. They're lifetime NRA members, as is their dad. The uncle had five handguns, and seven people who wanted one, so we drew lots. One kid got a gun, one didn't. I wanted one, myself, and I didn't get one, either. Just the luck of the draw. Shooting is a fun hobby. Not all that different from archery, requires skill and self-control. You never hear anybody freaking out about archery.

To: Slagle who wrote (17613)	4/25/2007 8:54:01 PM
From: 8bits	Respond to of 218649

In many ways we Americans have much more in common with our Mexican neighbors to the south than we do with the folks above our northern border. Well.. having both Canadian and Mexican relatives.. If I understand you correctly I would say overall the US has quite a bit more in common with Canada than Mexico. Pretty sure Rose's attitude would match up with quite a few people from San Francisco, NYC, Seattle, etc.. there's a fairly strong rural/urban divide in the US. There's also different attitudes from state to state Vermont could become part of Canada and I don't think many people would notice. Arkansas is a different story... :)