Join the CAW’s “Save the National Gun Registry” Facebook group
Kim Crump of the Canadian Auto Workers union was kind enough to drop by the blog this morning and comment on a recent post of mine, in which I shared the union’s list of NDP MPs who voted to scrap the gun registry during the bill’s second reading in November.
In addition to being a member of the CAW, Kim is also one of the administrators of the union’s “Save the National Gun Registry” group on Facebook – which I didn’t know existed until she was kind enough to tell me about it.
I’ve joined, and if you’re a Facebook user, then I invite you to do the same. I’m usually not one for joining Facebook groups, especially when it ends up being little more than a substitute for actually getting something done. But this one looks like it’s full of active citizens and useful information, and that’s exactly what it’s going to take to win this battle. Check it out, won’t you?
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Sorry for filling up your posts with a bunch of anti-registry sentiments
The page posts a number of statements of improved crime/death/suicide/etc. rates since the introduction of the long gun registry.
What it fails to mention is that a number of safe storage and license requirements were implemented along the same timelines.
It’s those measures to which I think the improvements can be attributed.
It again fails to break out the crime by gun type (except for the word “plummeted”)and how that indexes against the gun population.
I do have some statistics related to that, which I’ll do my best to post later. Kate in particular has been doing a lot of digging. Earlier in the week, another friend of mine also pointed out that the claim that the registry is free may not be strictly accurate. Admittedly, I don’t know enough about those particular rules and regulations to say one way or the other.
Would you happen to know where we can find information on these safe storage regulations, for example?
It should also be noted that the long gun registry is invaluable in assisting police services with arrests, engagement, and other aspects of the job. But again, more on that when I’m not at work.
If I recall correctly, it was part of bill c-16 introduced by Allan Rock, but my knowledge of them comes largely from the Canadian firearms centre training I undertook to acquire a license.
While I have limited knowledge with regard to handgun requirements (they’re a fair bit stricter, with permissions required to transport a gun from a home to a range, repair shop, etc, they require in-home interviews with family members by police, etc., my general understanding is thAt they included storing guns behind a locked door or safe, and storing ammunition separately from firearms. I think it also made “Saturday night specials” illegal.
The registry is now free, I believe it had a $30 fee in the past. as always, you have to pay for a pal or pol license and the associated training, which runs about $75 for each level of license.
Shoulda read up first. The bills were c-17 in response to the lepine massacre, and c-68 for registration.