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To: Lane3 who wrote (94784)	1/11/2005 5:13:05 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793745

What are the chances that your liberal/socialistic administration could finance let alone get away with a house to house search of the whole country? To see how it works in practice look a NYC and others who have gun laws that don't allow their residents to own them. You will see it demonstrated all the time on NYPD Blue. If the cops are at your house for any reason and discover a gun, they can arrest you. If you use a gun in self defense they can arrest you. My son had an accident years ago in California and was stupid enough to let the cops check his car. They found a 45 of mine that he had in the glove compartment and confiscated it. Plus a major fine. San Francisco is passing a law right now that will make it illegal for a resident to own a hand gun.

To: Lane3 who wrote (94784)	1/11/2005 5:16:21 PM
From: aladin	Respond to of 793745

Gun registry cost soars to $2 billion MONTREAL - Canada's controversial gun registry is costing taxpayers far more than previously reported, CBC News has learned. Nearly $2 billion has either been spent on or committed to the federal program since it was introduced in the mid-1990s, according to documents obtained by Zone Libre of CBC's French news service. The figure is roughly twice as much as an official government estimate that caused an uproar across the country. The gun registry was originally supposed to cost less than $2 million. In December 2002, Auditor General Sheila Fraser revealed that the program would run up bills of at least $1 billion by 2005. But the calculations remained incomplete, so CBC News obtained documents through the Access to Information Act and crunched the numbers. A large part of the $2 billion expense is a computer system that's supposed to track registered guns, according to one document. Officials initially estimated it would cost about $1 million. Expenses now hover close to $750 million and the electronic system is still not fully operational. Other errors and unforeseen expenses include $8 million in refunds to people who registered their guns, and millions more in legal fees that mounted during court challenges. A spokesperson for the Coalition for Gun Control disputed Zone Libre's calculations, calling the $2 billion figure inaccurate. The auditor general has pledged to re-examine the gun registry to come up with an updated assessment. Last month, Prime Minister Paul Martin rejected calls to scrap the program. But he said the government intends to review the way it's being run and is prepared to make changes. * FROM JAN. 7, 2004: Ottawa to review gun registry * FROM JAN. 21, 2004: Don't cut back on gun registry, police chiefs tell Ottawa Former Justice Minister Anne McLellan declined to talk to the CBC about the gun registry during the investigation. Bill Baker, the head of the Canadian Firearms Centre, also refused comment. cbc.ca

To: Lane3 who wrote (94784)	1/12/2005 10:25:30 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793745

kholt, It can be done easier than you seem to think. It all depends on the leaning of the administration, and the majority of the Congress. At this time, the law does not allow a search of one's home without a warrant, or obvious legal cause. If a socialistic regime wants to succeed in their total conquest of the citizens, they know that guns must not be in those citizens' possession. The way they take control, is insidious, planned out, and gradual, until their goals are reached. Since their survival depends on it, they will spare no expense to disarm the public. Once that is done, a free election is out of the picture, just like the elections in Russian, and Iraq, because a socialistic government is really a dictatorship in the final result. If you had ever witnesses a real search of a home for weapons, or contraband, you would know that there is no hiding place that cannot be found. It is true, that it appears that such a government, and restrictions, are remote, but once the moon was remote.