System unfair to gun owners

I am a problem for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale, Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Bill Blair and quite a number of other people, I expect. I am tired of their lies. I am tired of their ignorant, straw-man tactics to deprive me and more than two million other Canadians of the rich and honourable heritage of owning firearms.

The right to acquire and use firearms is already highly regulated and monitored. Every Canadian with a valid licence to purchase or possess a firearm has studied and passed stringent written and practical tests, and is monitored on a daily basis by the federal police.

I wonder about criminals who have been told by our courts they can never obtain or use a gun again — the police do not have a clue about where most of them are, or what they are doing.

But, if I change my place of residence and do not let the police know about it, I become a criminal and face fines and confiscation of my property.

The way the Liberal government is pursuing the ill-conceived and ignorant Bill C-71 is unacceptable. This legislation targets Canadians with a valid Possession and Acquisition License, who are among the most law-abiding citizens of our country and the least likely to commit a crime (StatsCanada).

Bill C-71 is a bromide aimed at placating a vociferous, misleading group of fanatics, and will do nothing to curb violent criminals who scoff at the law to begin with.

It is frightening that our federal government would consider trampling on law-abiding citizens and pander to the antigun lobby to garner their votes.

The Liberals have lost my vote.