Well, now, it has been a while, but not too much has changed.  Notice how amazingly quiet it is on the political front with respect to "abolishing the long gun registry?"  As is typical in the political arena, "other important matters" are used to more or less reduce the immediate interest in the above statement -- from all parties.  That is not new.

     What is new is that by the time the recess ends in the new year and the House reconvenes, the general thought process in that arena (from all parties) will be that "they" will have forgotten what was supposed to happen, so if "it" does not transpire, then the issue will fade until something else "of importance" takes front and centre stage and by then, who knows, there may be an election and we're all safe now.

     Am I reaching?? I don't think so.  I have witnessed this scenario over the past 40 years repeat itself time and time again -- on a multitude of subjects.  But, as time passes, "the unwashed" tend to go back to sleep.
A case in point -- the price or gas at the pumps.  At one time it was a "major issue of concern to many people."  But, having been fiddled and fooled over the past couple of years with every excuse imaginable (and some downright hard to imagine), the fact is that just now after a week of steady decline in the price of a barrel of oil, the price at the pump fluctuated only once downward and immediately went back to where it was before the "sudden drop of the price of a barrel of oil" and no one (at least not in any way to attract any real attention) has made any kind of noise.  What happened?  The usual.  Keep things muddled enough often enough and it does not take long for the "adjustment" in peoples' attitudes and what was once considered abnormal is now perfectly normal.  Not unlike arthritic pain, once you get used to it, it does not hurt nearly as much.  Ho-hum! -- and besides, we have to watch the Olympics, or hockey, or golf -- or whatever will keep us occupied and away from bothering our M.P.s.

     So, if the long gun registry magically does not disappear and we are caught in an election and the Liberals get back in, guess what??  Instant reprisal for all the agony they have been put through.  And not only instant, but ongoing until what used to be a sport (all facets of firearms ownership and use) will be nothing more than "something I heard about, but that was long ago and really, this is very normal in a modern society."  -- or something along that line.

     Anyway, going to quit again and wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and please, try to do yourselves a favour and get going on your M.P. -- ALL PARTIES!!!!!!