From: "Edwin E. Smith" <edsmith@IntNet.net>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 18:40:36 +0800
To: "Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>
Subject: Re: [short] Updated quote from Allan Rock
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I wonder if this fellow would allow that the protection of HIS life 
is "NOT a legitimate use for a firearm...".

Edwin

At 11:51 AM 9/21/98 -0400, you wrote:
>This is the complete quote from Alan Rock, then justice minister who 
pushed 
>the gun control, registration and confiscation bill (C-68).
>
>
>"I came to Ottawa with the firm belief that the only people in this
>country who should have guns are police officers and soldiers."
>
>-- Allan Rock, Canada's Minister of Justice, quoted in _Maclean's_
>        "Taking Aim on Guns", April 25, 1994, page 12.
>
>
>"... protection of life is NOT a legitimate use for a firearm 
>     in this country sir! Not! That is expressly ruled out!". 
> 
>  Justice Minister Allan Rock
>  "Canadian justice issues, a town hall meeting"
>  Producer - Joanne Levy,   
>  Shaw cable, Calgary (403) 250-2885
>  Taped at the Triwood community centre in Calgary Dec.1994 
>
>
>
>
>Jean-Francois Avon, B.Sc. Physics, Montreal, Canada
>
>  JFA Technologies, R&D physicists & engineers
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