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   From: bscott@shaw.ca   
      
   Put yourself in a cop's shoes. You're called to a home. The   
   registry says there are no guns in the home. But you know it's   
   inaccurate, and you know that criminals don't register their   
   guns.   
      
   Are you going to believe what a government database tells you   
   when it's your life on the line?   
      
   The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) say the gun   
   registry is used thousands of times a day. What they don´t say   
   is those checks are automatic -- every time an officer runs a   
   license.   
      
   For the past year Edmonton Police Service detective Randy Kuntz   
   has been asking his colleagues across Canada how they feel about   
   the firearm registry. He updated his findings on April 25, 2010:   
   2296 for scrapping it, 209 say keep it.   
      
   These results prove the CACP arguments for the registry are   
   politically and financially motivated.   
      
   Firearm registration has neither prevented nor solved a single   
   crime. Registration can neither prevent anyone from acquiring an   
   illegal firearm, nor prevent anyone from doing anything illegal,   
   immoral, or stupid with a firearm.   
      
   The intrusive questionnaire and rigourous background check are   
   part of the licensing component of the Firearms Act. That is   
   intended to deter Canadians from enjoying a sport that allows   
   children, women, and the physically challenged to compete   
   against -- and beat -- men. Licensing is how the government   
   knows who owns legal guns.   
      
   Registration has benefited only those with high-paid union jobs   
   in Mirimachi; and CGI, the corporation that maintains the   
   Registry database. CGI also pays the Canadian Association of   
   Chiefs of Police to lobby for the continuation of this billion-   
   dollar exercise in futility.   
      
   The registry is worse than useless, because it provides   
   criminals with shopping lists where guns are stored. To date,   
   the registry has been compromised at least 300 times, according   
   to RCMP.   
      
   So instead of reducing crime, the Firearm Registry increases   
   crime. The longer the registry data exists, the more often it   
   will be accessed by criminal elements.   
      
   The sooner the registry is scrapped, the safer we all will be.   
      
   http://www.intelligencer.ca/2010/05/11/firearm-registry-   
   increases-crime-not-safety   
      
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