PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun
DATE:
2004.05.27
EDITION:
Final
SECTION:
Comment
PAGE:
15
COLUMN:
Letter of the Day
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LETTER
OF THE DAY COLUMN
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THE
LIBERAL government promised Canadians that their federal firearm registry would
prevent "gun crime."
Every
time there is a shooting in Canada, it is simply proof that the federal Liberals
gun control scheme does not work. If the firearm owner were licensed, then the
background checks and all the intrusions into the personal privacy of Canadians
failed to work. The scheme failed.
If
the firearm used in a crime were registered, then again the system failed. The
firearm was used in a crime, registration was promised, by the Liberals, to
prevent that. The scheme failed.
If
the firearm owner was not licensed, again, the system failed. The federal
Liberals promised that their gun-control scheme would solve this problem. The
system failed again.
This
$2-billion boondoggle is one of the most shameful failures in a growing list of
Liberal failures.
That
these failures can cost Canadians their lives -- not just the waste of tax
dollars is especially shameful. That there are real solutions, and the Liberals
have, in 10 years refused to listen is the true tragedy -- for all Canadians.
James
M. Hinter
National
President
National
Firearms Association
Editor
(Indeed)