The flawed and disorder CON tough on crime road

Must be really difficult being a CON.  As most people in Canada left of harper engage in personal struggles and moral debates on trying to do the greatest good and the least harm, those poor CONs, while devoid of such hampering traits as empathy engage in struggles of their own.

How do you please your rabid base when two rabid base issues conflict?

The Harper government has once again delayed implementation of regulations that police say they need to quickly trace guns used in crimes...This is the third time the Harper government has delayed the regulations, which were created by the Liberal government in 2004 and were supposed to go into effect in April of 2006.

The regulations are supposed to bring Canada into compliance with international protocols requiring import marks on all firearms. The objective is to shorten the time it takes to trace guns that cross national borders as part of normal commercial transactions.

And that's good for cops, good for public safety, and those appeal greatly to the rabid base, right?

Except -

The Canadian Shooting Sports Association sent out an alert last week noting that it has been "working tirelessly" to delay both sets of regulations. "They are both now delayed until December of 2012 which gives us more time to resolve the negative impacts these regulations will have and, since there is the strong possibility of an election within the next 12 months, have them rescinded with a majority government."

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If there's one thing the rabid base loves more than cops and empty talk about public safety, it's the right to carry weapons that can kill people without restriction and without cops having a damn thing to say about it.