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| A very sad day in Canada; Bill to abolish gun registry | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 16 2012, 07:25 AM (1,645 Views) | |
| Pat | Feb 16 2012, 08:10 AM Post #11 |
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Why should a person register anything with the government? I don't see how it is any of a government business what guns you own, whether you have a dog or not, or your choice to marry another person. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 16 2012, 08:24 AM Post #12 |
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The problem is, it was to fix a problem that did not really exist. It caused a lot of problems for legitimate hunters & ranchers and that group of people. Long rifles are not a huge problem with regard to crime although there have been a few high profile cases involving them. All in all I think it turned out to be a disaster. |
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| Sea Dog | Feb 16 2012, 08:32 AM Post #13 |
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Now you are talking Pat! I suggest that you do away with all registration of real estate including personal homes. Why should you have an official document saying that a property is yours? Seems like government intrusion to me! Why not go back a few thousand years to the good old days? Of course, listening to the Tea party and the other hard right wingers, you are well on the way! |
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| Sea Dog | Feb 16 2012, 08:34 AM Post #14 |
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I registered my guns by computer, took longer to find the serial numbers than the actual registration. |
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| Banandangees | Feb 16 2012, 08:38 AM Post #15 |
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I took it to mean weapons such as shotguns and rifles (Long guns), the type used in hunting. The article didn't mention anything about pistols, but it wasn't very specific. "Earlier Wednesday, a countdown clock on the Conservative party website ticking off the hours before the long gun registry is abolished was called "deplorable" by a Quebec cabinet minister." |
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| Chris | Feb 16 2012, 08:39 AM Post #16 |
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Because the state forces me. |
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| Chris | Feb 16 2012, 08:40 AM Post #17 |
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Most government solutions are solutions looking for a problem that it ends up creating. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 16 2012, 08:40 AM Post #18 |
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Yes, most handguns are illegal in Canada except in specific instances, so the registry was for things like rifles & shotguns. |
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| jackd | Feb 16 2012, 08:43 AM Post #19 |
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Telco:
...and that's exactly where to most major decrease in death was observed (long guns) [quoteThe problem is, it was to fix a problem that did not really exist][/quote] Since the introduction of stricter gun laws in 1991, there has been a 65 per cent reduction in homicides by long guns (Stats Can). From 1995, when the firearms registry became law, to 2010, there was a 41 per cent reduction in homicides by long guns. Maybe, just maybe, the registry contributed to save lifes. True, the cost of establishing the registry has serious derailed in the first years of the program but today,s cost is only about $2.0 per year, which is about 10% of what sticking to the monarchy costs us.....and I don't think monarchy saved one life in the last century.
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| Chris | Feb 16 2012, 08:45 AM Post #20 |
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FYI, what's being repeal is the 1993 An Act Respecting Firearms and Other Weapons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Firearms_Registry |
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