Last Updated: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | 2:15 PM ET
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A new RCMP report on the Canadian Firearms Program contains no evidence on the effectiveness of the long-gun registry, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says.
Rifles in an Ottawa hunting store: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews says an RCMP report on the long-gun registry doesn't change the government's plan to end the program. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
The report, released this week by Toews to MPs on the House public safety committee, concludes the firearms program is cost effective, efficient and an important tool for law enforcement and public safety, while also calling the firearms registration component "a critical component."
But Toews said the report dealt with Canada's overall gun-control program, including the licensing of firearms.
"What I heard from that report is that there's certainly no conclusive evidence one way or the other about the effectiveness of the long-gun registry," Toews told reporters on Wednesday in Halifax after a speech on border security.
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Decline in assaults, homicides; Impaired driving incidents remain steady on Montreal Island, data from 2009 show
By JAMES MENNIE, The Gazette July 21, 2010 7:29 AM
MONTREAL - Numbers, they say, don't lie. And the numbers say that once again, overall, Canada last year became a safer place in which to live.
Statistics Canada is reporting that the national crime rate -based on the number of crimes reported to police -dropped three per cent last year compared with 2008, and has declined 17 per cent since 1999. |
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A Conservative Party MP’s private member’s bill to scrap the long-gun firearms registry is inching toward Parliament for its third and final vote in a few weeks.
The only reason it got this far in a minority Parliament is that the Liberal and NDP leaders allowed free votes on it. That’s changed, as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has announced he’ll punish any of his members who vote their conscience or for their constituents on this matter. |
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Canadians, by a small margin, favour scrapping long gun registration, which hasn’t worked the way it was intended
By Peter Worthington Last Updated: May 6, 2010 10:30pm
Once again, the gun registry is a political issue in Canada.
Tories want registration abolished for long guns — shotguns and hunting rifles — while the Liberals (as ordered by Michael Ignatieff) want it kept, but to make failure to register a gun a non-criminal, ticketing offense. |
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Published On Fri, 13 Aug 2010
Joanna Smith - Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA—A Conservative MP is using a parliamentary website, telephone number and email account to promote a weekend spaghetti dinner about scrapping the long-gun registry.
The homepage of Conservative MP Greg Rickford (Kenora) prominently features an advertisement for an information session and spaghetti dinner in Dryden, Ont. on Saturday night.
“MP Rickford says: scrap the long-gun registry. It’s time,” says the online poster promoting the event requiring a donation of at least $20 to attend.
The advertisement says the proceeds will go to the Dryden Rifle and Pistol Club and the Dryden Agricultural Fairgrounds, which is where the club holds its annual gun and collectibles show earlier the same day. |
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By Bob Hepburn - Editorial Page
For generations, the National Rifle Association has been one of the richest and most powerful lobby groups in the United States.
It is legendary for its steadfast support for Americans’ right to carry everything from cute little pistols women can hide in a purse to assault rifles.
It’s also known for its ability to influence the outcome of U.S. elections by targeting its wrath — and its money — against any politician who dares to advocate for tighter gun controls. |
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By: Mia Rabson 7/05/2010 1:00 AM
OTTAWA -- Putting criminals behind bars for longer will do more to prevent gun violence in Canada than the long-gun registry, three former Winnipeg cops told a House of Commons committee Thursday. |
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By Laura Stone, Canwest News Service May 6, 2010
OTTAWA — An unlikely battle between police is unfolding over the merits of Canada's controversial long-gun registry, with one side rigorously defending it as life-saving, while the other argues the tool has done nothing over the past decade to prevent gun crime and murder.
"Never have I attended a killing where the registry of any of the weapons would have prevented that killing from occurring," said Dave Shipman, a retired 25-year veteran of the Winnipeg city police, who investigated violent crimes and homicides. |
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