March 16, 2011
MP stirs fears on gun
registry
With rumours of a spring election
swirling in Ottawa, MP Cheryl Gallant is going back to the well one
more time on the issue that has served her well for the past 10 years.
Gallant issued a statement last week “warning all local farmers and
hunters” that there will be “no protection for licensed owners of
unregistered long guns” if the opposition, “separatist, socialist
coalition force an unwanted election.”
Gallant said the current long-run amnesty expires May 17.
“Only the Conservative Party of Canada is committed to scrapping the
long-gun registry,” she said.
“In the event an election is not forced upon Canadians, the
Conservative government of Stephen Harper will continue to extend the
amnesty until such time as the long-gun registry is scrapped.”
Gallant said that as a government caucus member, “I fought for the
first registration amnesty when our party became government.”
“As long as the opposition coalition votes to prevent our government
from scrapping the long-gun registry, I will fight for the amnesty for
my constituents.
“(However) an amnesty is just a stop-gap measure. The only acceptable
measure to the people of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is to scrap the
long-gun registry all together.”
Gallant said that since the Conservatives won the election in 2006, “I
and the Conservative party have tried on five separate occasions to
repeal the hated Liberal registry.”
“If some of the opposition, socialist coalition MPs had voted the way
they promised their voters when they were elected last election, the
registry would be gone.
“My opponents will say anything to get elected. The record shows they
cannot be trusted.”
Gallant said that while members of other parties have “flip-flopped” on
the issue, “I have never changed my position when it comes to opposing
the long-gun registry.”
“Ever since the Liberal Party in this riding told local hunters to 'get
a life,' local residents know who is the true defender of rural, small
town values in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke.”
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