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A very sad day in Canada; Bill to abolish gun registry
Topic Started: Feb 16 2012, 07:25 AM (1,645 Views)
Pat
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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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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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Pat
Feb 16 2012, 08:10 AM
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.
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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Feb 16 2012, 08:24 AM
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.
I registered my guns by computer,
took longer to find the serial numbers than the actual registration.
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Thumper
Feb 16 2012, 07:31 AM
Jack a little info. What type of guns are/were subject to registry?
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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Feb 16 2012, 07:49 AM
Chris
Feb 16 2012, 07:46 AM
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Feb 16 2012, 07:45 AM
Chris
Feb 16 2012, 07:30 AM
Great example of a restored lost liberty.
So, Chris,
you willingly register your car, boat, dog and wife,
yet you feel that registering deadly weapons infringes on your rights.

Strange Eh?
Not willingly.
Not willingly? Why do it then?
Because the state forces me.
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telcoman
Feb 16 2012, 08:24 AM
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.
Most government solutions are solutions looking for a problem that it ends up creating.
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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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Telco:
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the registry was for things like rifles & shotguns

...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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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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