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Originally Posted by 2 Tollers
Giving more powers to municipalities would be a fast slippery slope down for gun owners. We had a mayor in Edmonton - Jan R that openly stated she did not understand why all legal gun owners could not store their firearms in a central armoury run by the city. Put that in place and now go with the current Mayor that is always short of cash and loves looking for ways to get money what would your access fee (check and check out) be, how long until the municipality loses or damages your gun, how long until they decide you do not need that many or a gun at all. Look at the nut running Toronto -- no need for legal / legitimate gun owners to have guns in the City.
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Yes that could happen. The great part is if that did happen in Edmonton, gun owners could simply move to one of the surrounding counties. If the whole country does the same thing, its much harder to switch countries.
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