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directfiesta · 02-17-2012, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by tedwinters

With a few exceptions: handguns and 'exotics'...

All this allows, is someone to go into a store, and buy a rifle and not register it with the government.

You can't go buy a handgun without:
1) Having the proper license (renewed every few years)
2) filling out the proper forms
-providing proof of need, status at gun club
-getting the proper registration transfer
3) getting authority to transport it home

Scrapping the long gun registry just means that all the farmers don't have to register their rifles... Wow. Big win...
The registry is still being maintained for restricted and prohibited guns... nothing has changed on that front.
It's a useless victory, and I don't understand why Quebec is so fired up to keep it... it *only* applies to rifles.

I see ....

Seems like Police does supprt the registry .. and that oposing are mainly Hillbillies from Alberta ....

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Supporters of the gun registry in Canada say it promotes responsible gun use, gives a record of where guns are located, what kinds of firearms there are, and who owns them.

The Liberals, New Democrats and Bloc Québécois all support the gun registry, saying it deters crime, saves lives and assists police.

Both the Canadian Police Association and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police have spoken in support of the gun registry. They say it reduces the misuse of guns and makes it easier for police to track illegal guns. Police officers check the gun registry database about 6500 times a day, and use it to check whether they might expect to be met by a gun when responding to a domestic disturbance or break-in, to keep recreational guns out of the hands of the mentally ill, and to apply for search warrants and wire-taps.

What Opponents Say

Opponents of the gun registry say there are better ways to control the illegal use of weapons, including tougher sentences for gun crimes, controlling imports, and tightening border security.

Critics have two Auditor General Reports that show that gun registry costs have been out of control since the beginning of the gun registry program.

Many opponents argue that the gun registry is irrelevant in gun control since criminals will not register their guns.

Opponents of the gun registry in Canada include rural Canadians, farmers and hunters who say the gun registry penalizes legal gun owners and is a bureaucratic trap.

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/gun...registry_2.htm

Now I am fine with no registry .. as long as I do not have to register my car ,.. or my boat ... or my house ....