>>Well, I don't recall any confiscation in Canada - we've only had a registry for a couple of years or so, but you could be right.
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>I did some quick research and I may be confusing things. Gun registration has been tried in Canada off and on (see http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment080200a.shtml) for a little background). A handgun ban has apparently also been announced recently. However, some beers..er, years ago a number of Canadian cartridge collectors were bemoaning some type of ban, it may have been on some types of ammunition.
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>>>I also have a bit of a problem with the term 'law abiding' that keeps cropping up in these discussions. Even criminals were very probably once 'law abiding' citizens. Being 'law abiding' today is no guarantee for tomorrow.
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>Why should I be penalized for something I might - or might not - do tomorrow, if I have no intention of doing it today? Sounds like something out of "Minority Report".
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>Texas has a large population of gun owners (legal and otherwise). Yet I feel no fear of getting shot when I go out. Run over, yes. Mugged - maybe, but God help the poor bastige that tries it. Shot? No. Perhaps because I have a high degree of firearms familiarity, I do not fear them. You fear what you do not know, and IMHO a lot of people that support gun control fall into this trap.

On a different note, Phil Dick was paranoid. Finest SF writer that ever lived, but paranoid. I'm not paranoid. I know you and Chuck Heston really are out to get me.