In Nova Scotia (New Scotland), as in rest of Canada, there is no constitutional right to possess firearms. Google it:


"By law, there is no right in Canada to possess firearms.

The facts:

The right to bear arms has been a hotly debated topic in the United States for decades.

That right, say advocates, is deeply entrenched in the U.S. Constitution, and provided for in the Second Amendment that was adopted Dec.15, 1791, as part of the United States Bill of Rights.

In Canada, such a right is not specifically spelled out in the Constitution, although proponents of the notion argue that such a right exists.

But does it?

According to the Supreme Court of Canada, it does not.

"Canadians, unlike Americans, do not have a constitutional right to bear arms," the high court stated in 1993, in a decision over the possession of convertible semi-automatic weapons.

"Indeed, most Canadians prefer the peace of mind and sense of security derived from the knowledge that the possession of automatic weapons is prohibited," said the court."

Seems to me the reason for the enduring Second debate is that it's short on details, with lower courts making different findings of what it means every day.

The federal government makes the gun laws in Canada, and they're voted on democratically as the will of the people in the House of Commons.

There's nothing new about citizens voting on how they want to live, and no good reason to get our knickers in a knot. There's no unanimity in anything.