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In three days, the House of Commons public safety committee will begin hearings on a bill to get rid of the 15 year old registry for legal long guns. If it passes, Bill C 391 will wipe out a computer database of more than 6.8 million non restricted long guns that cost an estimated $2 billion to develop. - [Read more]

NDP Leader Jack Layton holds the future of the controversial federal gun registry in his hands after the public safety committee voted Thursday to send Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppners bill to kill it back to the House of Commons with a negative recommendation. - [Read more]

If it feels like Canadians have been debating the merits of the long gun registry for a long time, its because we have. It was back in 2001 that Jean Chretiens Liberals introduced the controversial measure that required all owners of hunting rifles and shotguns to register them with the government. - [Read more]

There was palpable glee among gun control activists as three big ticket police groups stood shoulder to shoulder to defend the long gun registry. Wonderful! How could the gun nuts, hunters lobby and various other hayseeds (the "less enlightened in the Conservative caucus," sniffed one editorial) maintain their retrograde stance now? - [Read more]

Rural Canadians dislike the long gun registry because it is emblematic of a wasteful, centrally controlled, urban dominated government that seeks to impose new rules and regulations over every aspect of our lives, while ignoring our concerns whenever it is expedient to do so. And were just plain sick of it. - [Read more]

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said yesterday he would require his MPs to vote against a Conservative bill that would scrap the federal gun registry, although it is unclear whether that will be enough to keep the bill from passing when it reaches final reading. - [Read more]

The controversial rifle and shotgun registry has been pushed even closer to the scrap heap by the Harper government. One simple line in the recent throne speech has all but confirmed that the fate of the long gun registry will be decided during the current session of Parliament: "Our government will continue to support legislation to repeal the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry that targets law abiding farmers and hunters not criminals." - [Read more]

Private members bills have traditionally provided an avenue for backbenchers to table legislation outside the heavily controlled stream of government bills. MPs are in a position to weigh the merits of the legislation and then vote based on their consciences and what is best for their constituents. In short, party leaders usually dont order -- or "whip" -- their MPs to vote a certain way on private members bills. As a result, they can be an example of the democratic process at its best. One... - [Read more]

The value of the federal long gun registry became muddled last week with three law enforcement organizations lobbying to keep it and three former Winnipeg SWAT team members saying it is ineffective and useless. The retired officers, no longer muzzled by the official position of their professional organizations, include Dave Shipman, who retired after 25 years with the force, 16 of them in homicide. "Never have I attended a killing when a registry of any of the weapons would have prevented... - [Read more]

As many Canadians are aware, there has been a long debate over the registration of long guns, and strong opposition to the previous Liberal governments long gun registry. This opposition grew when the auditor general reported the costs of the Liberal program had reached at least $1 billion. Thats why last May I introduced Bill C 391 to end the long gun registry. The bill passed second reading in the House of Commons. - [Read more]

Bill C-391, the private members bill that could end Canadas long gun registry, is likely on hold for the summer. The bill, introduced by Conservative Candice Hoeppner, passed second reading with the support of 20 votes from Liberal and NDP Members of Parliament. It was then referred to committee for debate and a clause by clause examination. - [Read more]

Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner, whose private members bill to end the long gun registry is now in committee stage, urged long gun owners Saturday to keep up the pressure on opposition MPs to ensure the bill passes. - [Read more]

Canadas long gun registry has been the subject of debate for years. Supporters argue that it cuts down on crime. Detractors say it solves nothing and the money can be better spent elsewhere. On Friday, Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner (Conservative -- Portage Lisgar) will be in Timmins to host a round table discussion on her Private Members Bill C 391 to scrap the long gun registry. - [Read more]

Gun control advocates squared off with tax dollar watchdogs Tuesday as a committee of MPs continued to debate the proposed demise of the long gun registry. Kevin Gaudet, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, called Bill 391, a private members bill from Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner, a "reasonable compromise" that would end a "substantial financial boondoggle. Some estimates peg the total cost of the program at $2 billion or more, and Gaudet said it is still costing more... - [Read more]

A Conservative Party MPs private members 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. Thats changed, as Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has announced hell punish any of his members who vote their conscience or for their constituents on this matter. - [Read more]

Police Chief Rick Hanson says its time to review the federal gun registry, even though most of his colleagues support keeping it. "The gun registry has done little to make the streets safer," said Police Chief Rick Hanson. - [Read more]

Replica guns should be licensed and registered just like the real thing, say safety advocates. The Canada Safety Council has approached police to push for gun replicas to be regulated under the federal Firearms Act, said council president Emile Therien. That would require them to be licensed and registered. - [Read more]

The recent confiscation of a formerly legal firearm has raised questions about how the RCMP inspects imported firearms and has forced a change of national firearms policy. - [Read more]

Private Members Bill, C-391, to repeal the long-gun registry, continues to be a contentious issue here in Ottawa. The lines are drawn, but for the life of me I cannot fathom the logic of those opposing the elimination of this costly long-gun registry. - [Read more]

With the imposition of Bill C 68 in 1995, for no discernible reason except urban angst and anti masculine paranoia, the government tied the ownership and acquisition of all firearms to a bureaucratic rigmarole. Its a procedure as intrusive, humiliating, and astronomically expensive as its useless that is, useless for any purpose other than reminding citizens that in Canada the state can do anything. - [Read more]