Gun registry records destroyed

Toronto Sun ^ | November 02, 2012 | David Akin , Kris Sims ,QMIAgency

[Lancey Howard]

OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives were cheering the destruction of hundreds of thousands of gun registry records Thursday night, the culmination of what has been a core campaign promise by the Tories for a decade.

The records were destroyed on Halloween, an extra treat for thousands of long-gun owners across the country who had long complained the registry made them feel like criminals.

The records, though, still exist for long-gun owners in Quebec, where there is a court order in place to protect them.

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Tony Bernardo, spokesman for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, said he was "delighted that the data is gone.

"It's always a danger that if the data is still there something or someone could use it, either as a state to seize it, or as a criminal to burglarize a home that has firearms," Bernardo said.

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"For the state to force the registration of an essential piece of private property like a shotgun or a rifle, is an assault on the right to own private property in this country," Bernardo told QMI Agency. "The only time a state has ever registered firearms is to tax them or to take them. "Firearms represent symbols of freedom to many people - slaves have never been allowed to own guns."

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The registry was started by the federal Liberal government in 1995. The computer and paper-based system ran billions of dollars over budget and it once even accepted the registration of a soldering gun.

[Lancey Howard]

This is from a couple of months ago. The San Fransicko skank Diane Feinstein is proposing exactly this kind of multi-billion dollar failed system for the US. I remember reading the stories about how it was originally supposed to cost a few million dollars but then, a few billion dollars later it was obvious the liberals lied.

Surprise, surprise...

[Lancey Howard]

(( ping ))

[Lancey Howard]

In honor of the San Fransicko skank’s proposal for a “gun registry”, here’s a blast-from-the-recent-past...

(( ping ))

It took our neighbors to the north nearly 18 years to get rid of their “gun registry” nightmare.

[WildHighlander57]

How much would that Di Fi monstrosity cost?

As to the Canadian registry, I recall many provinces ignored the law.....

[bdfromlv]

In Mexico you cant vote without a voter ID card with picture and thumb print. I say have the Dems put that into effect here and have a box added to be checked for gun owners and no other info.

[BobL]

...and just like that, all traces of gun records are gone.

Why do I think there might be a copy or two (or two hundred) floating around.

[Lancey Howard]

If the registry was in a computer, it’s forever.