Reply #47: Who likes being condescended to?

[Liberal Classic]

I know it's really hard for a lot of USAmericans to see the difference between blaming and problem-solving, as I've noted before, but there really is a difference.

If I have insulted you in such a way that you feel the need to reply like so, then I am sorry.

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If by "Why bother talking" you believe it to be a pointless excercise, what can I say? I am not trying to trick you with semantic games. I am not trying to mock or ridicule you. No one likes to be condescended to, but I strongly believe the above statement deserved a 'good grief' reply.


Back to the subject at hand...


- United States resident receives a licence as a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL), lawfully acquires inexpensive firearms and then sells them for a large profit into the illicit crime gun market.

- Cross border truckers acquire firearms in the United States and smuggle them into Canada.

- Firearms are purchased at gun shows (secondary markets) in the United States and then smuggled into Canada.

- Canadian citizens obtain U.S. identification, purchase firearms and then smuggle them into Canada.

- STRAW purchases of firearms by U.S. residents, which are then smuggled into Canada.


These are good examples, thanks for posting them.

There seem to be two basic types of categories. Under one type, a weapon is acquired illegally in the U.S. and in the other the weapon appears to be a legal purchase. Numbers 2,4, and 5 are of the first type, and 1 and 3 are the second type. I shouldn't have to note but I will that all these curcumstances break U.S. federal law dealing with conspiricy to smuggle.

Nothing I have said should imply U.S. law enforcement could not use improvement in this area or generally. In trying to keep this thread based in facts, here's a page I found from the Canadian government generally on the topic of smuggling.

Criminal Intelligence Service Canada annual reports:

http://www.cisc.gc.ca/WebPage/index_b.htm

This one specifically had to do with various types of contraband:

http://www.cisc.gc.ca/AnnualReport2001/Cisc2001/contraband2001.html

The conclusion to me is that the border between the U.S. and Canada is extremely porous too all kinds of contraband, not just firearms. Also organized crime is growing in Canada, and though not reflected in this report it is on the rise in the U.S. as well.

I believe what we have is a mutual problem or border security.