Canada’s House of Commons Votes to Repeal Long-Gun Registry
Last week in Ottawa, Canada’s House of Commons voted to nullify a long-gun registry law that had been in place since 1995. The bill still needs to be ratified by the Canadian Senate. However, because Conservatives hold a majority in the Senate, most experts believe the repeal of the Registry is a “done deal” as soon as the repeal legislation goes up for final vote in the Canadian Senate.
The Chronicle Herald reports: “The vote effectively puts the registry on life support; all that remains is for the Senate to pull the plug. Since the Conservatives enjoy a commanding majority in the upper chamber as well, the Registry’s fate is sealed.” Liberal Senate leader James Cowan conceded: “They’ve got the majority and unless something extraordinary happens, it will pass.” Unfortunately, the Calgary Herald also predicted that Liberals might try to delay the Senate vote for weeks or even months.
If the Conservatives succeed in dismantling the Registry, tens of thousands of Registry records would be deep-sixed. That idea is popular with critics of the Registry: “the Harper government’s further directive to destroy all the data is a mammoth victory of the people over Big Brother” (Calgary Sun). Public Safety Minister Vic Toews said of the registry, “It does nothing to help put an end to gun crimes, nor has it saved one Canadian life. It criminalizes hard-working and law-abiding citizens such as farmers and sport shooters, and it has been a billion-dollar boondoggle left to us by the previous Liberal government.”
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And in Australia, NSW government is pushing to have all shooters present paperwork to prove ownership of a firearm registered in a chambering to buy ammo.
Rather than recognizing the sheer stupidity and cost for no benefit of registry they are pushing to increase the cost and inconvenience on all shooters.
This is indeed a huge victory for common sense and political will, however it is only part of the problem facing firearms owners.
The law that governs the use, definitions and all other facets of firearms ownership are obtuse, contradictory, and still largely modifiable by the police without any political process to stop them.
The RCMP, Canada’s National Police Force is in charge of the registry and firearms ownership rules. In anticipation of this ruling, they have arbitrarily declared many scary-looking (underline LOOKING) as prohibited, – including some rimfire rifles – and they are now not open for ownership. These have had to be surrendered (thanks the the long gun registry tracking who has them).
The Canadian Firearms Act desperately needs a ground-up overhaul. As an example, The law states “Once a pistol, always a pistol”….an XP-100 action used as the basis for a 22 pound single shot f-class rifle means that the rifles is still considered a pistol. Pistols are restricted firearms and cannot be discharged anywhere except an approved range, and require a special transportation permit that permits only uninterrupted travel between home and the range.
Abolition of the registry is a huge first step, but it is far from a panacea.
The figure is actually closer to $3 Billion. Paying attention California? How is that balanced budget coming along?
Common sense wins out????
Maybe Ron Paul does have a chance!!!
Yeap, that model and the .au model should have Americans on notice for what happens when you stop fighting for your sport