An Ottawa Citizen
columnist is suggesting that the federal government give Quebec their portion
of the names in the gun registry before the records are eradicated. This latest
appeal to save the doomed registry is a reaction to the Sept. 4th
shooting in Montreal. The gunman currently charged in killing one person and
wounding another had 21 registered weapons. The gun registry had no bearing on
what happened and could not have changed the outcome.
The registry was
implemented for political reasons that were motivated by emotion and not logic.
Offering Quebec their portion of the registry now would only feed the emotion
that started the whole process of wasting taxpayer money. While the registry
may give some people a sense of security, a false one from my perspective, it
really serves no useful purpose in keeping weapons away from those that should
not have them. The federal government should not make exceptions and abolish
the registry in its entirety.
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