If you are a responsible law-abiding car owner, read this!
In Canada, there are more regulations and restrictions on owning and operating a car than there are owning and operating a gun.
"We have to register our vehicles, we have to register our properties, we have to register our trailers and we shouldn't have to register our guns? It doesn't make any sense."
Yves Francoeur president, the Montreal Police Brotherhood
Think about it!
- You need to register your car when you buy it.
- You need a licence to operate a car, and you must renew your licence every year.
- In many provinces you must bring your car for emissions testing before you can renew your licence.
- Your licence can be revoked by the police if you drive dangerously.
- You are required by law to wear a seat belt in your car.
- If you have infants or toddlers, you must buy and properly install a child safety seat in the back seat of your car.
- Drinking while driving is something that can land you in jail, and you can lose your licence to drive.
- You need to purchase expensive insurance otherwise you cannot operate your car.
- In some provinces you can’t talk on your cellphone while driving your car.
- In some jurisdictions, you can’t smoke in your car if there are children in the car with you.
- In some provinces you must buy and put snow tires on your car in the winter.
Responsible and law-abiding car owners comply with the law. So do responsible and law-abiding gun owners. You need to get a licence to own a gun.
Your licence can be revoked if you use your gun recklessly. You need to register guns when you buy them. You must store your guns safely.
Cars are Registered - Why not Guns?