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Originally Posted by Azure
You still haven't told me how it prevents/solves crime.
The PAL(formally FAC)....also gives you information on who bought a gun. In fact I'd say if the cops what to identify someone, or get a description of the person, the PAL does it a lot better than a statement of registration.
My PAL has my name, height, eye color, DOB, and I assume if they'd scan it, where I reside and phone number as well.
If the idea is to strictly find out whether or not there is a gun at the house the cops are raiding, you have to consider a few things. If they're raiding a house, chances are there are criminals inside, and criminals don't register guns, so if the cops check the database and it says no guns in house, then the information could be life threatening.
That much has already been said by numerous cops. Some whom I personally know.
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You seriously think that no criminal has ever owned a gun that he registered? You think that every single act a criminal does is illegal?
No one that has ever grown pot in their basement leads an otherwise normal life.
How about someone who has hunted his entire life and then gets into a fight in a bar and the cops need to go to his house and pick him up? Since he is now a criminal, by your logic, he will have a stockpile of non-registered weapons sitting in his basement that didn't exist before hand?
I don't know off hand and don't have the time or inclination to look it up but did the person who shot those RCMP officers in Mayerthorpe a few years back a registered gun owner? Would it change the actions of the officers either way? They knew he was dangerous and probably proceeded as such. Same thing will happen if they are raiding a drug house.
To think that police suddenly run haphazardly into situations where there is no registered gun is really assuming the worst from our police force. Who knows though, maybe they are all idiots.
What does the gun registration hurt?