The Toronto Star has run a rather excellent editorial on the gun registry issue. It’s succinct, it’s informative, and it’s impassioned. And although I’ve got my own biases, I think a lot of important things are being said here. What isn’t explicitly stated, however, is how the gun registry is used to prevent violent crime. […]

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 […]

I have to admit that when I first heard about Marty Cheliak’s suspicious dismissal from his post as director of the Canadian Firearms Program, the main question on my mind was what, if anything, was preventing him from presenting his report about the importance of the gun registry in spite of his removal. Well, as […]

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 […]

I’ve been writing an awful lot about the gun registry lately, and I thank you for indulging me. As you may have guessed, it’s an issue that I care very deeply about, for a wide range of personal and political reasons. So I do want to thank you all very much for taking the time […]

Hey, you know what’s a little bit shameful? In spite of all my talk about writing to the twelve NDP MPs who voted to scrap the gun registry on the corresponding bill’s second reading, and about writing to Jack Layton to encourage him to crack the whip in favour of saving the registry, I have […]