muggsy
02-24-2012, 06:20 PM
Canada to End Long-Gun Registry
In 1995, Canada's previous Liberal government enacted the Long Gun Registry Act in response to the Montreal massacre of 1989. As is usually the case with leftists, they overreacted to a lone individual's murderous rampage with firearms by punishing private, law-abiding gun owners. All long guns had to be registered by serial number and owner. The new Conservative government is acting to repeal the tyrannical boondoggle, though individual gun licenses will still be required, as will handgun registration. After 17 years, $2.7 billion and zero solved crimes, it's about time.
As well-known gun researcher John Lott wrote, "From 2003 to 2009, there were 4,257 homicides in Canada, 1,314 of which were committed with firearms. ... [T]he weapon was identified in fewer than a third of the homicides with firearms, and ... about three-quarters of the identified weapons were not registered. Of the weapons that were registered, about half were registered to someone other than the person accused of the homicide. In just 62 cases -- that is, only 4.7 percent of all firearm homicides -- was the gun registered to the accused. As most homicides in Canada are not committed with a gun, the 62 cases correspond to only about 1 percent of all homicides." Furthermore, "the registry was not important even in those cases. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Chiefs of Police have not yet provided a single example in which tracing was of more than peripheral importance in solving a case."
In 1995, Canada's previous Liberal government enacted the Long Gun Registry Act in response to the Montreal massacre of 1989. As is usually the case with leftists, they overreacted to a lone individual's murderous rampage with firearms by punishing private, law-abiding gun owners. All long guns had to be registered by serial number and owner. The new Conservative government is acting to repeal the tyrannical boondoggle, though individual gun licenses will still be required, as will handgun registration. After 17 years, $2.7 billion and zero solved crimes, it's about time.
As well-known gun researcher John Lott wrote, "From 2003 to 2009, there were 4,257 homicides in Canada, 1,314 of which were committed with firearms. ... [T]he weapon was identified in fewer than a third of the homicides with firearms, and ... about three-quarters of the identified weapons were not registered. Of the weapons that were registered, about half were registered to someone other than the person accused of the homicide. In just 62 cases -- that is, only 4.7 percent of all firearm homicides -- was the gun registered to the accused. As most homicides in Canada are not committed with a gun, the 62 cases correspond to only about 1 percent of all homicides." Furthermore, "the registry was not important even in those cases. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Chiefs of Police have not yet provided a single example in which tracing was of more than peripheral importance in solving a case."