News and Commentary

Sunday, October 12, 2008

On Tuesday, get out and vote - Conservative!

"When Leftists want to restrict guns, it's because if they had a gun themselves, they'd shoot the Conservative next door out of sheer outrage at their neighbor's politics."

No, this, even said flippantly, is another fallacy about the left's obsession with eliminating firearms in civilian hands.

Its best to think of the left as not wanting to eliminate civilian firearms, but to eliminate civilian firepower. They will allow a food-gathering single-shot longarm for this purpose (and then, only until they eliminate the "need" to hunt).

No, the real rationale of the left has always been to eliminate the ability of the citizen to reclaim his government. To be able to meet and overpower the agents of reclamation and put them down. Its the reason for the interest on semi-automatic and automatic weapons first. These are the equalizers in a skirmish for state control. As long as the state has them and the citizens do not, the odds are tilted in favour of the state.

Same with handguns. The concern is not that citizens will shoot one another with them, or that the streets will turn into a "wild west" gunfight; they already know that that's not true. Its the worry that a citizen with one will come after them, quietly, surreptitiously, and take control away.

David Miller isn't concerned about handguns because black dudes shoot one another at Jane and Finch. He's concerned that someone with a handgun will sneak up and shoot him.

On Tuesday, Canadians are voting to keep control of government in their hands; don't let it slip away. If the thought of a coalition of the moonbats doesn't scare the bejebus out of anyone in Canada, you neither understand nor deserve freedom. Vote for the only party which can assure Canada's (and allow you to protect your own) security in the world turmoil that is coming. Vote Conservative.