Canada's long-gun registry protects public safety, don't pass private member's bill

Before a police officer knocks on a door, they want and need to know whether the person behind that door owns a gun. The gun-registry provides police with that valuable and sometimes life-saving knowledge and is one of the reasons why police support keepi

By ONTARIO ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRIS BENTLEY

Published December 14, 2009

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TORONTO—Canada's long-gun registry helps to save lives, protect communities, and prevent crime. It is an important public safety resource that our police use every day in the important work they do.

This fall a federal private member's bill to eliminate Canada's long-gun registry has been working its way through Parliament and will soon be considered by a House of Commons committee. As a government that is doing everything in...

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12/14/09 at 11:12 am

By KEITH VICKERS

In times of economic crises, especially in Miramichi where the registry is situated, and the ongoing rant of the Conservatives about being tough on crime, doesn't it make since to keep it going?