Given the multifaceted and very public push back against the "compensated confiscation" plan, I tend to beleive the same, so I'm cautiously optimistic. But I'm also used to being disappointed by Liberals.
In all fairness, what else did you expect him to say?
47000 declared firearms according to the article going into the last two weeks
I wish them luck. There are all sorts of ways governments (at all levels) impose uncompensated costs on people, as individuals or otherwise.
Having met and spoken with him a couple of times, he does not. But he is sticking to the script and that's pretty much what I meant.
So am I. But you can't win if you don't fight. My fear is that a GoC win at the SCC will embolden the antis.
Not I, but now that the SCC will hear the CCFR's case, all bets are off.
3K more in 11 days is possible. I read somewhere that collection/confiscation will start in early April. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out.
That, and the tendency for soft metal (like lead) to lose it's shape after muzzle velocity/impact; or FMJs to splinter.
