GARRY BREITKREUZ’S PLAN TO

REGISTER CRIMINALS – NOT DUCK HUNTERS

DRAFT #1

By Garry Breitkreuz, MP – February 25, 2004

1.  WHAT DO WE WANT A GUN CONTROL PROGRAM TO DO?

2.  WHO SHOULDN’T HAVE GUNS IN CANADA?

All convicted violent criminals;

All persons prohibited from owning guns by the courts;

All persons with an outstanding criminal arrest warrant;

All persons with restraining orders against them   

All persons with refused or revoked firearm licenses; and

All individuals who have threatened violence.

3.  HOW DO WE KEEP GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF THOSE IN THE “TOO-DANGEROUS-TO-HAVE-GUNS” REGISTRY?

[NOTE: Please check which of the proposed measures you would support]

 Register and keep track of everyone in the Too-Dangerous-To-Have-Guns Registry so police will know where they live at all times;

Vigorously enforce the terms and conditions of all paroles; firearm prohibition orders, bail restrictions, and restraining orders;

Periodic inspections of the residences and property of repeat offenders listed in the Too-Dangerous-To-Have-Guns Registry for illegally acquired guns;

Severe mandatory penalties for using a weapon in a violent crime (no plea bargaining);

Severe mandatory penalties for smuggling weapons into Canada (no plea bargaining);

Severe mandatory penalties for stealing a gun (no plea bargaining);

Severe penalties for violating the terms and conditions of paroles, bail, firearm prohibition orders and restraining orders (no plea bargaining);

Severe mandatory penalties for any person entered in the Too-Dangerous-To-Have-Guns Registry who attempts to buy, rent, lease or borrow a firearm (no plea bargaining);

Better checks of persons, vehicles, and shipments entering Canada and better checks of the bona fides of shippers and commercial carriers;

Increase X-ray examination of packages mailed into Canada for smuggled firearms;

Make it an offence to sell, rent, lease, loan or give a firearm without first checking the Too-Dangerous-To-Have-Guns Registry (i.e. One call to a toll-free line where a real person who actually knows something answers the phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week);

Effective safety training and provincial certification for every person wishing to acquire and use a firearm (Note: Firearm licensing and registration is under provincial jurisdiction);

Require all persons to produce on demand from a police officer any firearms certification required by a provincial government for any firearm(s) they are transporting or using (i.e.: a provincial hunting licence); and

Provide the provinces, municipalities, police and customs with the resources necessary to carry out all these functions effectively.

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