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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
The whole long gun registry is useless. Illegal guns flow across the border constantly and the registry does nothing to stop or catch the actual criminals.
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Police officers -- that is, people with experience stopping and catching actual criminals -- disagree with you and claim the registry helps them on a daily basis.
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In a Canada Firearms Centre (CAFC) survey, 74% of general duty police officers stated that the registry "query results have proven beneficial during major operations.".
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Meanwhile, Edgar MacLeod, former president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police states that "while the cost of the registry had become an embarrassment, the program works and provides a valuable service. In a typical domestic violence situation, he says, investigating police officers rely on the registry to determine if guns are present. Onboard computers in police cruisers, or a call to central dispatch, alerts officers to any firearms registered to occupants of the house."
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police are strongly supportive of the gun registry, claiming that getting rid of the registry will make Canada less safe, and compromise the ability of law enforcement to deal effectively with gun violence.
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