A fierce controversy is about gun control; the federal government wants it. Reform BC wants state control. Guns provide protection against violent criminals and animals. The federals are not trusted - witness the clown shows for the various Clifford Olsons.

Here, 'great common law' saves the day with a U.S. constitutional precedent which comes from the Revolutionary War. Then, the American Continental Army of armed citizens, 'minutemen' & women, threw off the tyrant; making way for a revelationary constitution.

RESOLVED THAT: The Canadian federal and British Columbia state Constitutions adopt U.S. Article II regarding firearms. Many believe the Amendment gives citizens the unfettered right to arms.

Many Canadians, with their mainly British heritage regarding firearms, consider the Article a recipe for lawlessness. Actually, literal interpretation of the Article makes clear that it does not endow citizens with an unequivocal right to bear arms.

First, the reference to "free state" means guns are under state control. Had the founding fathers wanted guns under the federals they would have written "free nation". Second, the Article implies that anyone owning a firearm must belong to a 'free state militia'.

The term "well regulated" sheds doubt on the legality of private militias. The Commander-in-Chief of any state militia must be the elected governor. The Commander-in-Chief of all state militias across the Dominion of Canada would be its republican President.

Of course, adoption of the Article means women must be completely integrated into 'the militia'. The "the right of the people" means 'the right of women to keep & bear arms shall not be infringed'. Armed forces needs woman's sly cunning - especially during combat.

Summarizing, British Columbians owning firearms must belong to the state militia. They would be "well regulated"; in an official command system. The latter will identify those unfit to bear arms, the criminally minded, who will then be disarmed via court rulings.