Letter: Register those who can’t carry guns
Date: Feb 21, 2005 7:50 AM
PUBLICATION: Toronto Star
DATE: 2005.02.21
SECTION: Letter
PAGE: A19

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Register those who can’t carry guns

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Federal gun registry

It seems strange in this “culture of safety” that the federal government
has seen fit to spend billions of dollars to register the non-problem
firearms of responsible target shooters and hunters, but seems to give
short shrift to the very forensic facilities that could help to put
irresponsible, gun-toting criminals behind bars.

Canadians have by now seen through the Canadian Firearms Act and know it
for the sham that it is.

Perhaps, it is time to rejig the firearms registry as a dangerous
offender registry and start registering the names of people who are not
allowed to possess firearms, rather than listing the guns of people who
scrupulously obey the laws. It certainly could not be any more useless
than the current firearms registry and, in all likelihood, it will
actually provide some benefit to the public safety.

Robert S. Sciuk, Oshawa