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04-09-2009, 10:27 AM
Cornwall Standard Freeholder - April 9, 2009 Registry should be scrapped: MP Lauzon - Posted By KEVIN LAJOIE
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1514738
A bill to scrap the federal long-gun registry has the full support of local MP Guy Lauzon. The Conservative government introduced a bill in the Senate this week to eliminate the controversial registry, which had cost taxpayers more than $1 billion as of 2006. More recent estimates have pegged the cost of the program at closer to $2 billion.
Lauzon said the minority Conservatives believe they can get the bill passed in the House of Commons if it can get through the Liberal-dominated Senate first. "We feel we're close enough to get it over the top," said Lauzon.
The local MP said he's heard complaints about the registry for more than five years now, even before he was elected to office.
The problem with the registry is that it targets non-restricted firearms and law-abiding people, Lauzon added. "The criminals aren't registering their guns," he said. "The people who are registering are responsible gun owners like hunters and farmers."
Lauzon stressed the proposed bill will not pose a risk to public safety.
Anyone who is in possession of a firearm must be licenced, and that information will continue to appear on police information systems, he said.
Along with scrapping the long-gun registry, the proposed bill would also require firearms retailers to record all sales transactions of non-restricted firearms, as was the case prior to the implementation of the registry.
Lauzon is hoping the bill will receive passage before the House of Commons rises at the end of June.
http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1514738
A bill to scrap the federal long-gun registry has the full support of local MP Guy Lauzon. The Conservative government introduced a bill in the Senate this week to eliminate the controversial registry, which had cost taxpayers more than $1 billion as of 2006. More recent estimates have pegged the cost of the program at closer to $2 billion.
Lauzon said the minority Conservatives believe they can get the bill passed in the House of Commons if it can get through the Liberal-dominated Senate first. "We feel we're close enough to get it over the top," said Lauzon.
The local MP said he's heard complaints about the registry for more than five years now, even before he was elected to office.
The problem with the registry is that it targets non-restricted firearms and law-abiding people, Lauzon added. "The criminals aren't registering their guns," he said. "The people who are registering are responsible gun owners like hunters and farmers."
Lauzon stressed the proposed bill will not pose a risk to public safety.
Anyone who is in possession of a firearm must be licenced, and that information will continue to appear on police information systems, he said.
Along with scrapping the long-gun registry, the proposed bill would also require firearms retailers to record all sales transactions of non-restricted firearms, as was the case prior to the implementation of the registry.
Lauzon is hoping the bill will receive passage before the House of Commons rises at the end of June.