Gun registry changes coming, says top Tory [Canada]

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Gun registry changes coming, says top Tory
Last Updated: Jan 25 2006 09:10 AM PST

A senior Conservative MP from northern B.C. says the new Stephen Harper government will move quickly to kill Canada's controversial rifle registry.

Prince George-Peace River MP Jay Hill says the Conservatives plan to make good their promise to end what he calls the "financial fiasco" of the long-gun registry.



Hill says he's not sure just what legislation is needed to kill the registry. But he says it will be history, when MPs return for the next session of Parliament.

"Well, just as quickly as Parliament reconvenes, we're going to be moving ahead with that commitment to the Canadian people."

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.


Kerry Mann is an avid hunter who lives in Hill's riding, and co-owns an outdoor equipment store in Fort St John.

Mann says he and his customers are delighted that the Conservatives are finally going to make good on their promise to gut the gun registry.

"There's a great deal of relief and definitely in the store today, we can tell there's an upbeat optimism that common sense will prevail now."

Harper has said he'd use the millions of dollars now spent on the gun registry to hire more police and fund a sex-offender registry.
 
I agree. This is very good news for our Canadian cousins. :)

It is a terrible shame that the Liberals were able to waste One Billion Dollars on this boondoggle that did ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to curb crime. As I understand it, the database was NEVER used to even help *solve* a crime.

This should be an example to the liberals in America who want the same thing. It won't be though because it requires logic, thought and an ability to learn by example - things that gun grabbers lack. :barf:

-Dave
 
Common sense in Canadian politics?

Never, ever thought I'd live to see the day.

Harper has said he'd use the millions of dollars now spent on the gun registry to hire more police and fund a sex-offender registry.
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Shameful that it hasn't been done already.
 
Canada's gun registry GONE!!!

Well for once my vote counted. It also means the handgun ban is also gone.:) :) :) Jiminthecorner. Look out America We'll be Buddies again!!;) ;) :)
 
Canada like the USA needs to tighten it,s borders . Much of the violence is due to Asian gangs dealing in drugs. I gave up on Canada years ago when they put import fees on long guns brought into the country to hunt. The people in the western Provinces are very nice and friendly, but Quebec can go to hell
 
Not sure that the sex offender registry will do any good. The one we have in the US is not much of an example. At least most of the money will go for police.
 
I go to Vancouver, British Columbia. I see many Asians, I have not noticed a crime problem. Perhaps I should be more careful!:eek:
 
I go to Vancouver, British Columbia. I see many Asians, I have not noticed a crime problem. Perhaps I should be more careful!
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Maybe I'm an idiot, but I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. When we say minority government its in reference to how much partisan support the ruling party has in government. I was born and raised in Vancouver. They have their own crime issues there.
 
chooch, look at DD's post. He mentions crime and Asian gangs.

I've notice no such problems, but then when I am there I am focused on other things.:)
 
chooch, look at DD's post. He mentions crime and Asian gangs.
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I didn't see what you were referring to but I do now. It had been a few days since I read DD's post. He's right though...asian gangs are a problem in Vancouver and are a major player in the organized crime there along with the russian gangs. Its not uncommon for sikhs that get into it with each other and often its drama carried over from something that happened in India. Hell's Angels also have a role in the drug trade too, although they are more subtle than their eastern counterparts.

Quebec can go to hell
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LOL! The whole Quebec thing has always driven me nuts and I was never very fond of french-canadians, but as fate would have it, I met a nice french-canadian girl in Socal where I live now and ended up marrying her...but I still can't stand Quebec!
 
Something about counting chickens... eggs hatching... :rolleyes:

Believe it when you see it. Even then, those who did register are in a computer data base with appropriate back-up info somewhere. Work to get that list destroyed.
...common sense will prevail now.
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Common sense and politicians? Yeah, right.
Administrations come, administrations go.

In my old age, I've become much too cynical...

So... Here's hoping only the best for our good neighbors to the north. :)

Maintain your freedoms, keep your firearms, both long and short, out of your politician's grasp.

They say they mean well.

They lie.
 
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