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Politics : The 2nd Amendment-- The Facts........ -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (2897)	10/7/2007 1:24:27 PM
From: d[-_-]b	Respond to of 10167

It's just a COMMON SENSE argument. You THINK this is COMMON SENSE but it's not COMMON nor does it make SENSE en.wikipedia.org Gun registry It has been estimated that as many as five million gun-owning Canadians have not registered their firearms. As of June 2003, only 6.4 million firearms had been registered, despite a 1974 estimate of 10 million guns in Canada. In February 2003, the government announced plans to strengthen the administration of the gun control program. Two days before the election in May 2004, the government dropped all fees for transferring firearms. Currently, all provinces and territories, with the exception of Quebec, oppose the registry and refuse to prosecute violators.[citation needed] Supporters of the firearms registry argue that it makes no sense to abandon the project midstream. Opponents point out that the massive error rate and the non-compliance by violent criminals with the legislation indicates there is little hope of future success. They further claim that their fears that registration would inevitably be used for confiscation of legally owned firearms have been proven by small scale confiscation of some types of firearms and the Liberals' promise to confiscate all handguns if elected in the 2006 general election.[citation needed] The gun control program continues to be supported at an estimated cost of $75 million per year. To date, while the Firearms Act and Regulation keeps track of legal firearms owners and provides criminal penalties for those who fail to keep the government advised of their current address, there is no registry of offenders who are prohibited from owning firearms or a requirement that they keep the government advised of their place of residence.[citation needed] The Auditor General's report also found that there is a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of the gun registry, or to prove that it is meeting its stated goal of improving public safety. The report states: The performance report focuses on activities such as issuing licenses and registering firearms. The Centre does not show how these activities help minimize risks to public safety with evidence-based outcomes such as reduced deaths, injuries and threats from firearms.[9]