TheGunBlog.ca The Liberal Party of Canada uses the term grandfathering to conceal the reality of their instant gun prohibitions, according to from Rick Hemmingson, a lawyer swith Hemmingson Law in Lacombe, Alberta.<\/p>\n
Hemmingson e-mailed TheGunBlog.ca yesterday evening in response to our report: Liberals Plan Grandfathering Under Bans: Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n
An early version of the article equated grandfathering with confiscation upon death.<\/p>\n
Hemmingsons comments led us to revise the report.<\/p>\n
We are publishing his e-mail below with his permission. TheGunBlog.ca added headings and additional paragraph breaks.<\/p>\n
By Rick Hemmingson<\/p>\n
A law that restricts my ability to enjoy and use my guns to nothing more than being a storage facility until I die is not confiscation upon death.<\/p>\n
It is confiscation.<\/p>\n
A gun that must stay in my safe is worth nothing. A gun that cannot be used has been turned into an ornament. An ornament is not a grandfathered gun; it is an ornament.<\/p>\n
Not Just Semantics<\/p>\n
Confiscation is not just about semantics. We must look to the effect; not just the words used.<\/p>\n
It is about whether the government has taken away my right to use, enjoy, sell, not sell my property, as I see fit. That is what I had. That is what has been taken not later. Not when I die.<\/p>\n
It was taken NOW!<\/p>\n
Restaurant Example<\/p>\n
Grandfathering is typically used in a rezoning situation, for instance. If I am operating a restaurant at 101 Street and my property is rezoned to allow only a cannabis store to be built or operated at 101 Street, I can still continue to operate my restaurant because it is grandfathered. I can also sell my operating restaurant to someone else because that use is grandfathered. My restaurant continues to have value and I continue to do what I expected when I spent the money to build it. I am not, for instance, allowed to grandfather my restaurant but only if I dont serve food!<\/p>\n
Liberal Grandfathering Is a Lie<\/p>\n
Words matter. These words are a lie.<\/p>\n
Our guns have been confiscated.<\/p>\n
Charge for Storage<\/p>\n
In fact, it would make more sense for gun owners to charge the federal government storage charges for keeping securely stored indefinitely the guns it has confiscated.<\/p>\n
The value of these guns is gone because they cannot be sold.<\/p>\n
We have been left with nothing other than the legal (criminal) obligation to provide free storage until death or to surrender them immediately.<\/p>\n
When something is grandfathered, the status quo remains for those who lawfully owned and used a certain property.<\/p>\n
Gun Owners Arent Grandfathered<\/p>\n
Nothing has been grandfathered here simply because the government will delay marching in and taking, then destroying, my property until I die, but it is sterilized until then.<\/p>\n
We must reject their term because it is false.<\/p>\n
We our fans and professional members for their support.<\/p>\n
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Correction July 23: Corrects name and location of law firm in first paragraph.<\/p>\n
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