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Battle heats up over gun registry

Source: Toronto Star
Ottawa : Canada | 26 days ago  
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Canadian Firearms Program, suggested staff at the national firearms registry are deliberately hiding information in order to ensure the registry's survival. Canadian gun-control program is costing less and being used more than ever by police. Numbers are now the new weapon as the battle begins...
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  • News Source: Toronto Star | 21 days ago
    At the end of September 2009, a total of 7.46 million firearms were registered, up from 7.36 million at the end of 2008. Of that total, 6.7 million are non-restricted long-guns, such as ordinary rifles and shotguns, up from 6.6 million at the end of...
  • News Source: The Globe & Mail | 21 days ago
    And should we be surprised that the document, the 2008 annual report of the Commissioner of Firearms , is favourable to the effectiveness of the long-gun registry, which Mr. Van Loan has argued must be abolished because it is a waste of money and is...
  • News Source: Toronto Star | 21 days ago
    Canadian Firearms Program, suggested staff at the national firearms registry are deliberately hiding information in order to ensure the registry's survival. Canadian gun-control program is costing less and being used more than ever by police. Numbers...
  • News Source: Macleans | 22 days ago
    The federal public safety minister is facing tough questions about why he didn't release a report on the national gun registry before a vote yesterday on a bill to dismantle the registry. Continued Below But the Conservatives have been sitting on...
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  • Blog Source: scottdiatribe.canflag.com
    Less than 24 hours after the Commons voted in principle to scrap the long-gun registry, here's the newly released performance report on the Canadian Firearms Centre. It's spending less, attracting more registrants and police are using ...
  • Blog Source: www.nugget.ca
    Police will lose a valuable tool if the federal long-gun registry is dismantled, says the city's deputy police chief. The gun registry is a. ... We need to keep this registry in place. Anyone using their firearms properly and legally and storing
  • Blog Source: jmortonmusings.blogspot.com
    Question: How long have you had the Firearms Commissioner's report, sir? Hon. Peter Van Loan: --- that the registry - the long-gun registry is not used by police to prevent crime. It's thoroughly ineffective and that when we eliminate ...
  • Blog Source: devinjohnston.ca
    I don't have a strong position one way or the other on scrapping the long gun registry. I think there are some valid criticisms of the program, particularly in respect of the cost to the public. That said, I strongly disagree with those ...
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    On the eve of the vote on second reading to end the long-gun registry that will be a free vote for Liberal and NDP MPs, Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is sending signals he'll propose policy that would seek to continue the registry while trying ...
  • Blog Source: www2.macleans.ca
    Report Abuse. I don't see why the gun registry was necessary, but now that it exists and costs next to nothing to upkeep (seriously, $3 million is chump change: about 10 cents a year. By comparison, I'm paying $1 / poppy and I lose 'em) ...
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