Canada: Bill C-42, 'Common Sense' Gun Law, Shelved In Wake Of Ottawa Shootings

[Electric Monk]

OTTAWA — The Conservative government appears to be quietly shelving its controversial “Common Sense” gun bill in light of Wednesday’s shooting.

Government House Leader Peter Van Loan’s office was silent Friday about the future of Bill C-42. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney’s office refused to comment, directing inquiries to Van Loan. The Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act was scheduled to be debated for the first time on the day of the shootings, with three days set aside for discussion. It no longer figures on the government’s stated agenda.

But NDP Public Safety critic Randall Garrison told The Huffington Post Canada on Friday that he understands why the government might want to shelve this bill for the time being.

“I think it’s obvious that the climate where firearms were used to murder a member of the Canadian Forces and to bring an attack into the House of Commons means that the climate for a discussion on a bill that would loosen, in any way, restrictions over the licensing of firearms is unlikely to be something the government wants to do right now,” he said.

The firearms bill has drawn criticism from the NDP, the Liberals and the Coalition for Gun Control for loosening restrictions on the transportation of restricted and prohibited firearms and for giving the cabinet rather than the RCMP the final say over the classification of dangerous weapons.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/25/bill-c-42-gun-laws-ottawa-shooting_n_6046966.html

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http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/24/bruce-mckinnon-cartoon-gun_n_6045178.html

[calimary]

1. Seems like any time you see the words "common sense" or the word "commonsense" as it now

has started to be re-written, the best advice would appear to be - RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!!!!!!!

Here again, like with the word "right," the whole notion of "common sense" has been hijacked, reconfigured, polluted, and utterly distorted by too many on the Dark Side. The buzz phrase "common sense" is a brainwashing meme. You add that phrase to ANYTHING and suddenly you appeal to voters with it and make it sound like a good thing. When most of the time, if it comes from the CONS, it's anything BUT a "good" thing.

[DirkGently]

2. "Common sense," "freedom," "patriot," "values"

All hijacked to mean to mean things like, "Despite all rational evidence to the contrary," "freedom to hate," "war lover," "bigot."

Bumper sticker logic, all designed to short-circuit thought, reason, and discussion.

[calimary]

3. Exactly. And I think we should start hitting back by using the words and phrases you

suggest.

[freshwest]

4. I know where you're coming from, they use is a ploy the way they use the word 'reform.' But IIRC the

term still can be used properly. The group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America appeals to common sense. But such sense is not common anymore. Nor is respect for the opinions and rights of others in our NRA and media brain washed society. A few appalling examples are in this article I'm sure you've read before:

Spitting, Stalking, Rape Threats: How Gun Extremists Target Women

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/05/guns-bullying-open-carry-women-moms-texas

The piece is so powerful I am unable to pick out the best paragraphs DU limits in posting. This is what we face, along with other attacks on civil society.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. Hopefully the people of Canada...

see how "great" we are handling the gun situation down here and get their legislators to squash this.

[Fred Sanders]

6. See what a nation is like when few politicians are beholden to propaganda outfits like the NRA?