I've visited Winnipeg numerous times and never felt the need to pack anything larger than a pen knife to trim my nails...
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:31 PM, R A Bennell <b...@mts.net> wrote: > Gun registry in Canada was a silly waste of money. We have essentially had > a ban on handguns forever. The registry > was for long guns - 22's, shotguns etc. The creeps on the street are > carrying illegal hand guns. The huge money > spent on the registry was just another government boondoggle. An attempt to > show that the government of the day was > "doing something about crime". The police support it of course and the > soccor mommies and the folks in places like > Toronto who don't see why anyone needs to own a gun. Ask the farmer in > Manitoba or Saskatchewan who goes out into > the fields to check on his cattle why he takes a gun with him. Truly > amazing how times have changed in my lifetime. > When I was a younger fellow living out in the rural area folks kept long > guns in those bracket doodads in the back > windows of pick up trucks - visible to all. Go to the post office to pick > up the mail and leave the truck idling in > the lot with the guns in the brackets - no one thought anything of it. > Either that or stuffed under the seat. That > was in the 60's and early 70's. God, if you did that now, a SWAT team > would shoot you first and then tell the > media they were "forced" to do so because you were seen in public with a > gun and they had to take you down before > you hurt someone. > > Randy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:56 PM > To: Diesel List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > > > What I saw on that website reads more like a warzone city like Detroit or > east LA... Not just "any big American > city", thats scary. I'd be interested to see Canadian crime stats since the > gun ban really went into force. I've my > doubts that banning guns really does anything to reduce crime but I'd like > to see some real no spin statistics even > if they didn't support my opinion. The problem is I don't think such > statistics really exist. > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:37:00 -0500 > From: "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Message-ID: <nhbblomcoljnegblbjcpmenkngaa....@mts.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Yeah, we are as bad as the big US cities when it comes to crime. And, of > course, we don't get to have guns unless > we are hoodlums and have them illegally. > Getting worse here daily. Gangs of young hoodlums roam the streets shooting > and knifing people for fun. Winnipeg > used to be a pretty safe place but it is getting to be a situation where > one does not go to certain parts of town > anymore. Our justice system does not do much to deter them either. Just > take along your "get out of jail free card" > and do what you want. > > Randy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]on Behalf Of Curt Raymond > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 2:48 PM > To: Diesel List > Subject: [MBZ] OT: Winnipeg > > > Geez Randy reading through the front page of the link you provided makes > Winnipeg seem like a war zone! Theres > sexual assult, screens to protect bus drivers, carjacking, murder, > kidnapping, it all sounds very scary. Makes you > want to move someplace safe like east LA... ;) > > -Curt > > Note: Sarcasm... I'm sure its all media fear mongering but it does make you > think, if Canada is supposed to be such > a safe place unlike the land of gun toting wackos (of which I'm one) to the > south. > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090714/6a056f35/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090715/a83b6f1f/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
