Gun Nuts Media

In my “shock of the morning” news, it seems that Canada’s gun registry, despite costing over 2 billion (that’s billion, with a “b”) has not succeeded in making Canada more safe.

Canada's homicide rate and number ofgang-related murders has increased since the federal government's firearmsregistry and licensing program was implemented, an indication that the programhas failed to improve public safety, according to Hubris in the North, TheCanadian Firearms Registry, a new report from independent researchorganization The Fraser Institute.

What? You mean to say that a giant, bloated government program has succeeded in doing nothing more than depriving law-abiding Canadians of their firearms and leeching literally billions of tax dollars from them? Say it ain’t so, Joe. Say it ain’t so.

Now, my biggest concern here isn’t that we can’t see the folly in the Canadian gun registry, because we quite plainly can. My concern is that for people like Paul Helmke, Barack Obama, and anyone whose title includes “(D), New York”; the idea of a giant, bloated government bureaucracy that sucks up tax dollars by the billions and deprives law abiding citizens of their makes those aforementioned weasels giggle with delight.

So, what can we do about that? Well, to pound my constant drums of hearts and minds, the utter failure of the Canadian gun registry system gives you and I an inroad when talking to the Suzy Soccermom’s of the country. You see, if there is one thing that the your average middle American doesn’t like, it’s taxes. I don’t like any taxes. My Democrat friends don’t like taxes. I don’t think that anyone likes have their hard earned money pissed down the drain of bloated government pork.

And if you’re looking for a definition of “bloated government spending”, take a look at the 2 billion dollars spent by Canada on their failed gun registry. So the next time you’re discussing gun control over martini’s with your liberal friends, and they bring up the silly idea of a gun registry, mention those 2 billion dollars. Ask them if they can think of a way that 2 billion could be better spent, like on schools, or roads, or pretty much anywhere than an ineffective gun registry.
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Too bad it’s not here, but rather from the Philippines. The story goes that in the Philippines, the associated that represents legal manufacturers and dealer of firearms went to the government and complained that illegal manufacture and trafficking of, well, illegal firearms was hurting legitimate business.

Now, here in the States you’d practically expect the government to blame the association and all legal manufacturers and sellers for the problem. The Brady Campaign would issue a huge press release about how Association of Firearms and Ammunition Dealers (the Philippine organization) was enabling the illegal gunrunners, and if they were legislated damn near out of existence, that BLOOD WOULD RUN IN THE STREETS, or some other nonsensical hyperbole.

Thankfully for citizens of the Philippines, that’s not the case on their islands.

Calderon said the PNP (Philippine National Police – ed.) has been supportive of legitimate firearms and ammunitions dealers, particularly AFAD, which has been promoting responsible gun ownership and preventing proliferation of loose firearms.

“We have been supporting these legitimate program to show to the public that there is a way to have legal guns,” the PNP chief said.

Huh. The government actually helping citizens use the correct and legal means to obtain firearms while trying to prosecute criminals in order to reduce the problem with guns being used in crime.

Now, the Philippines has a host of problems with their gun laws, not the least of which is that citizens are only allowed to own two guns, a long arm and a handgun. You also have to remember that the Philippines have been attacked, conquered, invaded, re-invaded, etc, and are currently dealing with a serious insurrection by Muslim extremists. A lot of average joes who want a firearm for their protection can’t necessarily get one; so they have to go through a less than legal route.

So yes, on the one hand I’m applauding the actions of the PNP in encouraging to the citizens to obtain their firearms by legal methods. However, I’m extremely critical of the gun laws in the Philippines – the people know that their own government can’t protect them from criminals and extremists, but are forced by their own silly laws to break the law to provide for that protection. The government really wanted to inspire trust in their citizens, they’d ease some of the bullshit restrictions on owning personal arms in the Philippines.
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Now, this story is actually going to go in a different direction that you’d expect, because I’m going to be applauding the actions of the TSA for catching this wanker. You see, this isn’t a 2nd Amendment case.

A man was charged with trying to bring a gun wrapped in aluminum foil and a towel aboard a plane at Jacksonville International Airport, according to authorities.

So, I had to go digging around the various news stories to extract various bits of information that were published in one place, but not in another. So here are the fun bits that I was able to find.

Ahmad Abdallah Abu Ghanam was on his way to Chicago, and then Jordan, on Monday when Transportation Security Administration workers found the .380-calibar semiautomatic gun in his checked luggage. The serial number had been scratched off, Michael Stewart, director of external affairs for the airport, said Tuesday.

Abu Ghanam told police he bought the weapon on the street a month ago and he did not realize the serial number was missing.

The plot thickens. But wait, there’s more! Another article on the same issue points out that the chap in question was a native of Jordan, on his way back to his home country. As I pointed out above, the Chicago Sun-Times mentions that the serial number was removed from the weapon, and that it was wrapped in a towel and aluminum foil.

Okay, so lets add up all the particulars. We have a dude from Jordan who buys a gun “on the street”. Say for a second that when he bought the gun “on the street” it was already missing its serial number. There’s one felony. Of course, if he scratched off the SN, that’s a felony as well. Add to the mix that the gun was wrapped in a towel and aluminum foil, ostensibly to hide it from the X-ray machines (which didn’t work too well).

So, Guy from Jordon, an actual illegal gun (because it had the SN removed), and finally that same gun being literally smuggled (or at least attempted) onto a plan.

But it’s not an attempted terrorist attack, because that would be racial profiling. I’m sure that it’s in fact the NRA’s fault. You see, Wayne LaPierre probably bought the gun at a gun show for a crack dealer, who scratched off the serial number and sold it to our innocent choirboy while he was on his way to entreat Allah for the betterment of mankind. This was all part of the NRA plot to cast the blame for all gun crime in America at the feet of Al-Quaeda.

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