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Canadian buddy who lives across the border tells me they ain't stopping until all the records are completely gone so that no future government can restart the program without spending another billion (thats what they originally spent starting this current gun control program). Imagine that, we will have more gun control in the USA than Canada; my buddy thought that was quite humorous. He says the French Canadians are causing the holdup or it would already be complete.

I live 4 miles from the border and except at the highway checkpoint (for the tourists) it is a non-existent border which is how it should be. We should have an open border with Canada. Not about terrorists, it's about control & money. Locals come & go as they please and rarely even check in. In rural areas, people on both sides are often related; they hunt, visit, fish both sides together and like it that way. Locals don't see any difference on ether side, only the crooks in D.C see a problem with the way it is.

My Canadian friends all have pistol permits for hand guns for bear protection at their EX. Gold Claims. Canadians all buy their guns in USA as they are cheaper and usually unregistered, but they can buy new guns just as easily as we can. They all have this license, like drivers license, no waiting period or call in check when they have the license in their wallet. MOst Canadians I know are just like us and could care less about what their govt has to say about gun control and that's the reality of the situation. Only the liberals worry & fret about guns in Canada.

Only difference I see is that I buy Leupolds, my Canadian friends buy Diavari's, we all just luv Weatherbys, Brownings, Savages, and Winchesters.

riverrunner wrote:

"[...] Does any body kown the statis of the registry now."

Bill C-19 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (Short Title - Ending the Long-gun Registry Act) received Second Reading on 2011-11-01 and was referred for study to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

It is interesting that two Northern Ontario NDP members broke party ranks and voted for the Bill.

The bill is passing through the normal stages in a very expeditious manner.

Committee deliberations in the parliamentary system are less dramatic than what we are used to seeing on TV in the US congressional system. Proceedings tend to be business-like and low key with all sides looking for flaws and possible improvements.

The real drama takes place in the full House rather than ib committee. In the House, debate can take on the quality of an argument in a pub. Not so, usually, in committee.

OTOH, there could be more drama than usual in consideration of this Bill because, from the viewpoint of the opposition parties, the government is slaughtering a Sacred Cow.