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The top 10 myths about the firearms registry
Conservative Member of Parliament Candice Hoeppner is on the barbecue circuit this summer, visiting opposition MP ridings to shore up support for her bill to abolish Canada's gun registry.
Instead of serving up burgers, Hoeppner's menu includes a host of myths and misrepresentations about the gun registry to feed public distrust about government programs and activities.
Those myths were discredited by witnesses at the the Standing Committee on Public Safety hearings this spring, but that's not stopping gun registry opponents from repeating them.
So here they are: The top 10 myths gun registry opponents just won't stop repeating:
The Background...
A backbench Conservative Member of Parliament's plan to dismantle the registration of rifles and shotguns in Canada became closer to reality on November 4.
That's when 20 opposition MPs joined with the entire government caucus to send Bill C-391 (which would change the Criminal Code and repeal the long gun registry) to a committee for study before being brought back for a final vote. It was a big setback for public safety. Heading into the final steps of the law-making process with a 27-vote lead this bill has a good chance of succeeding. If that happens, registration of rifles and shotguns would stop and the government would delete the nearly 8 million firearms records used today by police and other law enforcement officials.
Police use those records to keep themselves and our communities safe. Statistics show that gun registry information is accessed as often as 10,000 times a day. Statistics also show a 50% drop in gun-related spousal homicides since records started being kept.
People who think it's a good idea to keep track of weapons like rifles and shotguns for the sake of public safety need to have their voices heard. That's the only way to get at least 14 MPs to change their minds about C-391 and stop it from happening