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OUR HERO FOR TODAY…..THERE ARE STILL SOME VERTEBRATES LIVING IN CANADA!!

One of the aggravating things about government is the bureaucratic maze we all have to navigate to get the mundane things of life done. A new driver’s license, a passport, a business license, etc.

PIERRE LEMIEUX is a Canadian with a gun permit, and he has found that his government takes the aggravation to a whole new level. In order to renew his permit back in 2007, they required him to fill out a more or less lengthy questionnaire…..like a good citizen, he took a deep breath and began checking little boxes, and filling in blanks, until…......well, until they started asking him questions about his love life! Was he divorced? Had he broken up with his girlfriend?

Pierre was done…..instead of answering the questions, he wrote a letter to the Canadian Prime Minister protesting this invasion of his privacy (doesn’t it make you glad to live in a country with THE SECOND AMENDMENT, however controversial?

Naturally, he ended up in court—the Canadian bureaucracy refused to grant him a new permit until he told them about his romantic entanglements, and Pierre sued them. The case continues, and it may get real interesting before it’s done. This could end up being a test case - one that establishes the scope of the Canadian citizens’ rights to own their weapons….something like DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA V. HELLER did in the United States, recently.

And, for challenging his government, seeking to establish the rights of the Canadian citizenry, Pierre Lemieux is today’s HERO.

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