re: #280 dragonath

I dunno, crime is low, and the government didn’t try to take everybody’s guns. If there’s a stand of principle to be made, it should be on their free speech laws.

It depends if you view registry as a restriction of freedom. It hasn’t stopped Republicans from pushing Voter ID and the Patriot Act.

The gun issue was the easier fight, since it’s correctly regarded as a failure. As such it can not only by held up as a restriction but also as a governmental failure as well. That made it the easier fight, and like almost all politicians Stephen Harper takes the path of less resistance.