Canada Gun Registration 1000 times more

[PABuck_HNTR]

EXPENSIVE than originally thought.

OH, HOW FAMILIAR THAT SOUNDS!


"Nearly $2 billion has either been spent on or committed to the federal program since it was introduced in the mid-1990s, according to documents obtained by Zone Libre of CBC's French news service."

"The figure is roughly twice as much as an official government estimate that caused an uproar across the country."

"The gun registry was originally supposed to cost less than $2 million. In December 2002, Auditor General Sheila Fraser revealed that the program would run up bills of at least $1 billion by 2005." ...

"The auditor general has pledged to re-examine the gun registry to come up with an updated assessment. Last month, Prime Minister Paul Martin rejected calls to scrap the program." ...

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So now we're looking at a program running 1,000 times more expensive than originally projected -- with no scientific evidence that it will reduce crime -- and a government committed to continuing anyway. In other words, situation normal.



http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/02/13...stry_rdi040213

[JagMagMan]

People need to understand what CAN happen! Even without an all-out ban, when they start raising the registration fees to ridiculous levels, no one will be able to afford to own guns legally!

Also, just as in Canada's case, once you start down the road of registrations and bans, it will be next to impossible to get those laws reversed!

It's far easier to fight to KEEP our rights than it ever will be to get them back once they are gone!

[PABuck_HNTR]

no one will be able to afford to own guns legally!

Not only that! Where could you go to enjoy shooting these banned guns? If they make some of them illegal, you can hide them away somewhere and just look at them from time to time. Oh how fun that would be!

[eldeguello]

Not only has it cost way too much, but there are a whole lot of guns in Canada that still aren't registered, and probably never will be......

None of the Indian Nations seem interested in complying!!

[DoeCuller]

This is unbelievable. 2 Billion dollars. I think some common sense needs to be reintroduced to the Ottawa Parliament. I don't know the cost to date for the gun registry but it still isn't functional to the original specifications. I disagree with the whole package but just talking money man what a waste. I would imagine the health system or school system could have used that funding. Better yet if the idea is to decrease crime, imagine what the Police Force could have done with that kinda of money.

[Ruger-Redhawk]

Hopefully the US Politicians are seeing this expensive mess Canada has gotten into.Then again we don't exactly have brain surgeons running our government.I do feel for the Canadian citizens.That's one of the main reasons I say we need to stay on top of our politicians and these anti gun organizations no matter how much it costs us.

Ruger Redhawk

[sawbill]

Here in Canada, we have two sets of laws, Provincial and Federal. Our Federal laws are the same from one end of the country to the other. What would really worry me living in the States, if I'm correct, is that each of your States has similar but different regulations--meaning that one State could bring in, for example, Firearms registration while another may not. If this is the case, I can see how easy it would be to introduce horrendous gun laws such as we're faced with, as you wouldn't have a unified voice to fight for your cause. Am I interpreting this correctly?

[kevin1]

Somehow I doubt that our polititians will learn anything from a system that costs far more to implement than expected other than to emulate it here . I take hope in the fact that the majority of the provinces refused to uphold the registration law . At least they were polite about it , can you just imagine what form our refusal could take ?

Bang ! Bang ! Bang !

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