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In Praise of Individual Rights and Freedoms

Month: March 2014

Firearm Registration: Formerly Law-Abiding Connecticut Gun Owners Face Increased Pressure

As rumours of door-to-door gun confiscations run wild on the internet, Connecticut gun owners who were law-abiding citizens on December 31, 2013, are now criminals under a new law banning so-called “assault weapons”. State officials continue to ratchet up the…

Bill C-560: Are Family Courts used to Strip Men of their Rights and Freedoms?

Guest Editorial by Brian Bedard “In the past quarter century, we exposed biases against other races and called it racism, and we exposed biases against women and called it sexism. Biases against men we call humour.” — Dr. Warren Farrell,…

Leah McHenry: Canada’s Celtic Rock Secret

Last week I wrote about Celtic Rocker Leah McHenry, her dedication to liberty, and her amazing music in my article “Celtic Rocker Leah McHenry: The Homeschooling, Gun-Loving, Metal Mama“. A number of people wrote to thank me for bringing this…

Lighting a Candle Defeats the Purpose. Earth Hour is Stupid

Earth Hour is Stupid.  That’s obvious if you have any critical thinking ability.  If you don’t, no amount of proof will change your mind. For those people whose critical thinking skills are intact, you will understand the graphic below.  If…

Earth Hour is Stupid: Pandering to North American Guilt and Shame

Earth Hour is one of those feel-good but utterly useless exercises North Americans use to lessen their bizarre guilt for being prosperous. The whole “Earth Hour” notion is stupid, if you take a moment and actually think about it. The…

Vircurex Bitcoin Exchange Freezes Customer Accounts in Wake of Insolvency

I read the most bizarre statement concerning the latest Bitcoin exchange, Vircurex, to declare itself insolvent. Rather than filing for bankruptcy, as Mt. Gox has done, Vircurex is locking down its existing accounts and has a strategy aimed at paying…

Fair Chase Hunting does not include Drones

Fair chase hunting does not include the use of drones to find your intended prey. From the Anchorage Daily News Hunting big game in Alaska with the help of remote-controlled, camera-equipped aircraft will be illegal later this year when new…

Celtic Rocker Leah McHenry: The Homeschooling, Gun-Loving, Metal Mama

I’ll let you in on a secret.  I love celtic rock.  Always have.  For reasons I can’t explain this genre of music speaks to me, but when Celtic Rocker Leah McHenry sent me a friend request on Facebook I was…

Montreal Police Constable Stephanie Trudeau: Just Another Thug Cop?

Montreal Police Constable Stephanie Trudeau is, as evidenced by her own actions, a thug. She makes the tradition of RCMP Constable Geoff Mantler proud. As is the style of so many police constables today, she is known primarily through her…

The Civilian Range Project – An Idea Whose Time Is NOW

Back in 2009, when we were fighting for the passage of Bill C-301, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police came out in favour of the bill and against civilian gun owners. Many gun owners were displeased with that attitude…

Detroit’s Chief of Police Defends Right of “Mere Citizens” to Defend Themselves

I’ve written about Detroit Police Chief James Craig before. I could probably write about him weekly and the message would still be missed by those too brain-dead to comprehend Craig’s  support of civilian self-defense. James Craig believes every one of…

Is Nanaimo RCMP Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong a complete idiot?

Is Nanaimo RCMP Sgt. Sheryl Armstrong a complete idiot or just thoroughly ignorant of the laws she supposedly enforces? I honestly don’t know what else you can say about a so-called “police officer” who has absolutely no idea of what…

Making a Political Impact Takes a Personal Touch

Form Letters Don’t Cut It With Politicians Human beings are, by nature, lazy. That’s why form letters and petitions appeal to us. We want to do as little as possible yet feel like we’ve accomplished a lot. It’s even worse…

The Broken Promise that is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Broken Promise that is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by Tim McNamara I am a Canadian citizen, born in Canada in an era before common sense was replaced by political correctness, before lawyers made stupidity a defense…

Living “Off-Grid” is Declared Illegal by a Moronic Florida Judge

We’re told endlessly that we must be responsible for the energy we use; that we must be energy-self-sufficient; that the world as we know it will literally come to an end of we don’t buy into the eco-frenzy. I have…

Yes, Recording Police IS Legal. That won’t stop you from being arrested though

It is legal to videotape police doing their job, even when they don’t like it. This is true on both sides of the border. The trouble is that while video-recording is legal, police still seize cameras and harass mere citizens…

RCMP Anti-Bullying Initiative is Ill-Timed and Thoroughly Misguided

While the RCMP promoted Pink Shirt Day as a way of stopping bullying in schools, the horsemen took to bullying some of Canada’s best and most law-abiding citizens: gun owners. In true hypocritical fashion, the Boys with the Yellow Stripes…

Bitcoin Theft Closes Down Flexcoin Exchange, Forces Withdrawals Halt On BitStamp

A few days ago I wrote an article about the failure of the world’s largest Bitcoins exchange, Mt. Gox, titled “Bitcoins Gold Rush Goes Bust”. In that article I warned this wouldn’t be the last exchange to go down, that…

Royal Canadian Mounted Police or Rogue Cops Making Policy?

After the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) arbitrarily manufactured over 13,000 “gun criminals” last week by reclassifying Swiss Arms and CZ 858 rifles from non-restricted to prohibited, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney announced a 5-year amnesty protecting those formerly law-abiding…

Bitcoins Gold Rush Goes Bust

I’ve watched the infatuation with Bitcoins for some time now and was amazed at their meteoric rise in value. What I’ve been less surprised about is its equally meteoric fall. Dr. Gary North has long held that Bitcoins are not…

The RCMP Hates Only One Thing More Than Firearms: Firearm Owners

The priorities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are screwed up. You may think tracking down child pornographers might be a bigger priority for RCMP investigators but I suspect you would be wrong. The RCMP seems far more intent…