Comments on: Join the CAW’s “Save the National Gun Registry” Facebook group

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:13:32 +0000

Shoulda read up first. The bills were c-17 in response to the lepine massacre, and c-68 for registration.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:53:30 +0000

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.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:38:05 +0000

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.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:33:09 +0000

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.