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The gun lobby appears to have Harper in a corner

The gun lobby appears to have Harper in a corner The mystery deepens. Why did the National Firearms Association pull out of hearings last Monday on the Conservatives’ anti-terrorism bill, C-51? NFA president Sheldon Clare had criticized C-51 as “being a sort of creeping police state bill”. But when he was given the chance to express these views to a Commons committee, he desisted at the last minute — and never explained the decision. A week later, the NFA still isn’t talking — not even to its own members. Several of them asked for an explanation on the organization’s Facebook… View Article