“Scrapping Canada’s long gun registry is the wrong thing to do”
The Canadian Labour Congress has a page on its website urging you to take action on the gun registry vote.
“After weeks of testimony at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety, from groups representing doctors, police, police chiefs, unions, victims of domestic violence, and women’s shelters – all in support of maintaining Canada’s national gun registry – Members of Parliament are poised to vote on legislation to dismantle this vital tool that keeps our communities safe.”
Check it out, and while you’re there, be sure to take a look at some of the related content available on the site, including the top ten myths about the registry.
Posted in Save the Gun Registry
http://www.globalnews.ca/story.html?id=3304659
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Thank you, Verdon!
I respectfully disagree. It’s my belief that too much emotion distorts the issue on both sides. I’ve yet to see how, exactly, the registry saves lives, I.e. The direct correlation between a registry entry and a life saved. Suicides, murders , crimes down? Great! How did having a name in a list contribute to that? By discouraging ownership? As long as owners are trained and tracked, what’s the incremental benefit to keeping an inventory? At best, I see the registry as a tool to help return stolen property.
And of course, the old chestnuts about criminals dint register their guns, handguns have been registered for a hundred years and crimes still happen, etc etc.
Of course were you to ask if I supported the Tory tactics about this, I don’t. I have given up trying to understand the support that party has, the same way I can’t fathom why a certain bully councillor is a fronteunner for mayor.
I’m no gun nut, but I have taken the time to get educated and licensed with regard to gun ownership.
Hey, great to hear from you! And of course it’s fine if we disagree on a few of these points. Especially since it seems like we agree on a lot of the fundamentals.
I’m in the process of learning the specifics myself, and in the course of my reading I’ve learned a lot about the gun registry and its specific uses in preventing violent crime. It really is a powerful and necessary tool.
Admittedly, I can’t link to anything at the moment to back that up; I’ve been through so many links in the past few days that I can’t readily remember where to find what. But what I will do, if you like, is try to focus on sharing more of that information as soon as I’m able.
And I’ll focus on typemanship. Damn iPhone.
Heh… At least you understand them. I haven’t wandered into that world yet.