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    Conservative MP compares the Liberal’s long-gun registry to Hitler, Nazis

    Isn't the YouTube era great?

    These days politicians can't get away with saying dumb things.

    And what Conservative MP Larry Miller said during Tuesday's House of Commons debate on gun control - comparing the long-gun registry to Adolf Hitler and the Nazis - is a dumb thing.

    Here is a transcript of the Ontario MP's comments:

    "I would like to share with the House a quote from former Liberal justice minister Allan Rock: 'I came to Ottawa last year with a firm belief that the only people in Canada who should have firearms are police officers and the military.' Does that sound familiar? Adolf Hitler, 1939."

    And then …

    "Similar to Mr. Rock's comments, another prominent Liberal at the time, Senator Sharon Carstairs, said the following: 'The registering of hunting rifles is the first step in the social re-engineering of Canadians.' Can hon. members believe that statement, the social re-engineering of Canadians? That is what Adolf Hitler tried to do in the 1930s."

    As you might imagine, Miller's remarks sparked outrage with the opposition parties.

    According to the National Post,  interim Liberal leader Bob Rae said invoking Hitler's name "is to use a word of violence, of hate."

    "How could the debate go this far that someone would think that this is an acceptable way to carry on this discussion?" he said after question period according to the National Post.

    "That the women who are in favour of controlling arms for a variety of reasons — the majority of Canadians' public opinion — who support it. That they're somehow comparable to Adolf Hitler."

    NDP justice critic Jack Harris said he found the comparison "obviously disgusting" and "clearly unparliamentary."

    Miller withdrew his comments after question period.

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    • Angie  •  Langley, British Columbia  •  3 months ago
      there isn't any argument to it, it's the truth, guess only the criminal should be armed oh and the government of-course
      • Mast Ubata 3 months ago
        Is this the mentality one expects to have when one gets old and rigid?
      • Angie 3 months ago
        and another child is heard from, what could my age have to do with anyway, just a little more experienced maybe........LOL @ mast ubata
      • Banned Thought 3 months ago
        only the police should have weapons in a society.
    • Nybw  •  Toronto, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Hellooo, anyone who knows their history knows that one of the first moves hitler made to impose complete power and control was to make it illegal for anyone but his army and his followers to own weapons...so Canada is just more advanced and putting little twists on the same tactics.
      • Banned Thought 3 months ago
        once again, you do realize this statement you are promoting has been fact checked to death, and found to be not true.
      • MT Wallet 3 months ago
        Banned , my neighbour is from Denmark and still remembers the day the nazis came to their farm and took his fathers rifle!!! You should recheck your info as it is badly flawed!!! Hitler stated that one man with a gun could control 100 men without guns! He believed only the military and the police should have guns!
      • tumbler 3 months ago
        You bet history repeats, Knowledge is the Key, go back and check the facts People
    • Sgt  •  Wakefield, New Brunswick  •  3 months ago
      HE's ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ! GERMANY got all the guns registered then went about and collected ALL of them before declaring Wars all across Europe. It was to prevent civil rioting from their own armed civilians who may have opposed the Wars.
      • Banned Thought 3 months ago
        once again, been fact checked, found to be false...just sayin'
      • Dave 3 months ago
        Sorry, he is partly right, the opposition is up in arms only because the comparison was made along with the re-engineering comment. So he called it like just about anyone could. Mind you now that it is on the way out the door, he probably did not have to kick the opposition so hard, although one might think they deserved it.
    • Kenneth  •  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan  •  3 months ago
      It's time to EDUCATE non-gun owners of the laws of gun ownership. Removal of the Gun Registry does not mean the removal of all Gun Laws!!!! Unfortunately the majority of Canadians aren't gun owners, and aren't familiar with the legal steps required in obtaining any gun, along with the storage requirements once you have them. The long gun registry was just another ineffective usage and waste of tax payers dollars. I would love to hear a national news story educating the general public on the steps required to legally purchase and own firearms and how little it will change once they elliminate the long gun registry.
      • dodgert_69 3 months ago
        Exactly.
      • Mast Ubata 3 months ago
        Even with the long gun registry in place, one could just walk into a gun store, pay for it, have the store transfer the title, and you walk out with the long gun right to your car! Other than just wasted money to process and keep the data, I don't see any inconvenience to the gun owner at all. If this argument is only about money, then we should get rid of the hand gun registry too then, right? Registering a hand gun doesn't decrease crime so why not scrap it too?
      • Banned Thought 3 months ago
        ummm...@Kenneth-wish it were so. Killing the gun registery has now created 'open season' on innocent Canadians and police officers doing their jobs. As we have seen sadly, yet again. The sooner these things are off our streets, and out of our society, except for police, the better we are will be.
    • DEEJAY  •  Michipicoten, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Whenever a government attempts to restrict/remove weapons from its law abiding citizens it is a time for alarm for those citizens.Hitler did it-Lenin and Stalin both North Korea and multitudes of other excamples can be cited-non of which worked out for those self same citizens.Our government waited for years to try and implement this because they know how close the average Joe is today to snapping.They know how close this country is to revolt-and they know who we will hunt down when it comes-right Kopps,Mulroney-Harper.If you can not defend yourself-just line up quietly and get on the train.....
      • Mast Ubata 3 months ago
        Close to revolt? Who has hyped you up to believe this drivel? If it is indeed the 11th hour for Canadians, why is Harper loosening up the gun laws and registry to arm us then?
      • Banned Thought 3 months ago
        no, actually, Hitler did not do it. Hitler in fact armed his population...
      • LRPS 3 months ago
        where do you people get your facts? make them up as you go along? Mast, harper is not loosening gun laws. he's getting rid of an expensive ineffective system. banned, hitler did disarm the civilian population. only the constbulary and military could possess firearms
    • Edward J  •  Oshawa, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Why not have a knife registry considering how many people have gotten knifed. Yes we can all afford billions more for that to prevent abusive husbands from buttering more than their bread.
    • bedardg  •  Greater Sudbury, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      May have been stupid to say it that way,but none the less fairly accurate. No one likes to hear about Adolph Hitler! Lest we forget.
    • Marcos  •  Toronto, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Here's one of those "hmmm" questions: I wonder how many people in Canada get murdered every year with a hunting rifle as opposed to a hand gun?
    • JohnM  •  Edmonton, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      Hes right, sorry been a gun owner for 30 years out in the country. I'm up North, and my nearest nieghbour is a bear den (5 bears, black) Send up a couple of these anti gun avocats during blueberry season, I'll post everyone how they fair. Have a good day
    • Violet  •  3 months ago
      The Liberals call Stephen Harper as Hitler, Neo-Nazi. Never heard complain from Conservatives about it.
    • 1984  •  3 months ago
      With the Long Gun Registry Gone, Private Insurance will fill the Vacuum, Gun owner will need to register their firearms with Private Insurance provides to cover liability issues related to firearms, like we do with cars, trucks, ATVs',Boats,the law of unintended consequences.
    • RJ  •  3 months ago
      Chretien's useless gun registry has never saved one soul.
    • Mr. Magoo  •  Burlington, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      2 questians 1) how many murder weapons in canada where registered? (2) How many police have been shot with a weapon that was registered???
    • 123  •  Winnipeg, Manitoba  •  3 months ago
      At the begining of the gun registry there was a study that showed more people were killed by telephone cords than by guns. Also, when you consider the types of guns used in crimes, most guns are hand guns not rifles. The real problem here is that people will use what they can to kill other people and guns are sometimes involved. How would we feel if the government would ask us to register our kitchen knives and camping axes? People are the problem, not the object used to commit the crime.
    • albert k  •  Wakefield, New Brunswick  •  3 months ago
      Some people don,t like the truth.
    • Lionel  •  Edmonton, Alberta  •  3 months ago
      You're right, Banned Thought, Hitler never said it. But Reichfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler did, during a speech at the Berlin Sportsplatz on June 17, 1935. The exact wording is as follows:

      "Germans who wish to use firearms should join the SS or the SA - ordinary citizens don't need guns, as their having guns doesn't serve the State."

      Mr. Miller should be congratulated for his vigilance. Of course, here in the Republic of Alberta, nobody registers their guns.
    • requiemdexter  •  Chatham-Kent, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      The statement that guns belong only in the hands of the government is a stupid statement, bordering on a evil one.
    • agnes  •  Aylmer, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Right on Larry!! Keep it up. I am an avid hunter.
    • robert  •  Ajax, Ontario  •  3 months ago
      Let the world get outraged over the mention of Hitler, they should have done it in the 20's. The registry is a colossal waste of time and money and has done nothing but to divide Canadians. As a race we humans do not need 'long guns' to kill, we've proven that, it just makes it easier and more humane. PETA freaks will disagree. Anyhow, what's next? How long till we evolve into being handcuffed, except for police and military of course. But then we won't need them. Have a nice day and thanks for reading my rant.
    • Malkin  •  Whitehorse, Yukon Territory  •  3 months ago
      those comments are as dumb as some of these comments that compare Harper to Hitler. Both arguments are fruitless

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