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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
The reason it is in place is because the majority of Canadians are in favour of strong gun control laws. It is a small, fringe minority of Canadians that are in favour of anything close to what the Americans have. That is why handguns have been banned in Canada since 1934, with the exception of collectors.
It is interesting that the Police are the strongest supporters of the Firearm registry. One assumes that this is because the police consult CFIS 10,300 times a day. But, what the heck do the police know about crime prevention....
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When did the people of Canada get to vote on the gun registry? If I recall right, most people were against it because of the cost.
Just because the police have to look in the gun registry does not mean that they are preventing or solving a gun related crime. I am going to guess that most of the time they are just checking to make sure the gun is registered to start with.