NEWS
RELEASE
“How
many errors will it take before the Liberals admit their billion-dollar
mistake?”
Ottawa
– Today,
Garry Breitkreuz, Official Opposition Critic on Firearms and Property Rights,
issued his fifth errors report on the government’s fatally flawed firearms
registry. Last Saturday, The
Ottawa Citizen
editorial board called on the Liberal government to “end
the gun registry, which has been reduced to mailing stick-on numbers to gun
owners.” (“The
throne speech we want” -
The
Ottawa Citizen,
September 28, 2002, Page B6). “The
error being referred to by The Citizen was our publication of a Justice
Department document showing that 728,046 firearms registration certificates
didn’t have serial numbers,” explained Breitkreuz.
“The Liberal solution was to send stick-on labels to, as they say, ‘uniquely
identify’
these firearms. They failed to
explain what happens when their little sticker falls off, wears out or is
removed by a criminal who steals the firearm from the lawful owner.
The Liberals implemented this stick-up strategy after the RCMP told them
it would take 8.8 years to uniquely identify and register seven million guns.
The RCMP’s advice was ignored and their 3,800 volunteer verifier
network was abandoned,” reported Breitkreuz.
“What a waste!”
Here
are the headlines from Breitkreuz’s fifth errors report:
Justice
Department issues 4,114,624 registration certificates with 3,235,647 blank
or unknown entries.
Justice
Department admits they issued 15,381 firearms licences to persons with no
proof of having passed a
Justice
Department admits they issued 26,800 duplicate Firearms Registration
Certificates.
Justice
Department sends warning letter to deceased man.
Justice
Department warns dead man to register a handgun reported to police as stolen
15 years ago.
Justice
Department sends transfer notice to a man that has been dead since 1997 -
before Bill C-68 even came
into effect.
Two
years and the Justice Department is still processing a B.C. man’s firearms
licence application.
Justice
Department and RCMP miss four registered handguns in their search.
Justice
Department and RCMP registers two guns to a man who doesn’t own them.
Justice
Department transfers a firearm to a man who didn’t buy it.
Justice
Department accused of an “absolute bold-faced lie”.
Justice
Department sends firearms documents to wrong address.
Justice
Department official blames new re-registration errors on the old
registration system that had the
Justice
Department sends wrong notices to many, many firearms licence holders.
Justice
Department’s incompetence and poor service generates many, many
complaints.
Click
here for Breitkreuz’s full report and links to previous error reports:
www.garrybreitkreuz.com/publications/errorreport5.htm
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