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Thank god I live in Canada and not... oh say... Texas? I know having to register a soldering gun as a firearm is a bit of an extreme move, but this type of absolutist policy isn't such a bad idea. Better be safe than sorry I guess? Although there are the odd shootings that occur between gangs and what not in the major cities (primarily Toronto), I am proud of the fact that we have stricter gun laws than god's country to the south. In Canada you have to notify authorities when transporting your firearm to or from a shooting range and it has to be locked in a specialized compartment and not loaded at all times when it is in your home.

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I'm glad you are happy with a government that doesn't trust its people any more than that. I on the other hand would not trust a government that did not trust honest people to have firearms.
The fact that I carry a firearm most of the time has saved my health on more than one occasion. Two of those times it was from miscreants armed with things that are not regulated in Canada. Go figure.
To each their own.