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4/22/2010 1:30:00 PM
Here's some ammo for those in favour if ditching Canada's gun registry.
When I spoke with Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson this week, I asked him if he thought the federal gun registry was a useful tool for law enforcement. Hanson flat out said no. Hanson believes the registry creates a false sense of security among some Canadians. He pointed out the registry did nothing to stop gun violence between Calgary gangs.
Click on the audio box to the right for an excerpt from our interview. Hanson makes it quite clear how he feels.
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Mike Blanchard
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to rural albertan.
read above ...to register a firearm ( not a weapon as you say )you dont need to meet any additional requirements. Licensing is quite enough to determine if you qualify. Money spent on this issue would be much better spent on more police and better equipment and training for them. in my city of 90 thousand we have nine officers patrolling the streets. it takes them 20 min to respond.what does that tell you? three of my neighbors are hunters i feel so much safer that they have their shotguns registered ( NOT ). It doesn't stop the criminals. they dont register their drugs and guns. Do you feel safer because of the registry? or is it just huge waste of our tax money. Maybe you should meet with some gun wwners and have a talk with them and get to know them...have a beer and share a good joke. They are nice people...and dont worry they are NOT criminals.
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Posted By
ontario gun owner
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5/2/2010 1:59:46 PM
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Great interview . As a Gun owner , its by far the Legal Gun owners that are partaking in these illegal activities. If the politicians and courts pulled there heads outta there butts and cracked down on the criminals , maybe things would change .
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Posted By
John
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4/30/2010 5:07:45 PM
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Good job Cheif! Its about time someone in a position of authority states the obvious. Gun registration doesn't work! The bad guys will continue to have their weapons and the law abiding citizen will be the ones to pay the price. As it is most gun crimes are committed with restricted or prohibited weapons that criminals are the only ones who have access to. Not the general populous. That being said I see no problem with making you take a Safety course and apply for a License. That ensures those who chose to have firearms, have the basic knowledge needed to operate them safely, and reduces the risk that an untrained individual will do something irresponsible.
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Posted By
Robby
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4/30/2010 4:02:06 PM
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I think Chief Hanson’s point was that the gun registry provides a false sense of security, which in turn allows politician’s to avoid passing laws that provide stiffer sentencing for violent crimes. Regardless, registering an automobile does not guarantee that automobile will be used in a safe and responsible manner. Anyone that drives a car in Toronto where running red lights is common place would be able to attest to that. What makes for the safe operation of a motor vehicle is a careful driver. The vast majority of individuals who are licensed to own and operate firearms fall into that careful, responsible category. We all went through rigorous screening and thorough training to obtain this license and the registration of our firearms does not make us any more responsible or careful. However, what the gun registry does do is to allow for the police to enter our homes (law abiding gun owners) without a search warrant. Oh, how nice is that for the anti-gun lobby…
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Posted By
Ross
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4/27/2010 1:56:23 PM
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Rural Albertan conflates licensing with registration. Licensing requires screening, safety training, peer and spousal approvals. If someone is licensed, you can safely assume they have a gun, and that they've been screened to have a gun.
Registration is another matter. No further public safety checks are done. It needlessly adds another magnitude of complication to tracking the particulars of people who by-and-large are not the demographic committing the crime.
The country is better off with an easier-to-track, cheaper and simpler database of owners. Spend the time and effort on real criminals and take long gun registration out. Support Bill C-391.
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Posted By
OnanDaLibrarian
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4/23/2010 6:57:56 PM
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That some will not abide by the law and register their weapons is not a reason to eliminate the registry.
Some may not register other privileges such as their vehicles or obtain driver, boating, fishing, or hunting licenses. That does not mean we should eliminate vehicle registration and licenses.
To obtain those licenses and registrations you need to meet requirements. Why should guns be any different?
If you can not be responsible enough to accept and follow the requirements of ownership and use of weapons than do not use them. It is about responsibility.
The body armour ban is a good example of the hypocrisy of the whining by people like Hanson. That some people will not follow laws or requirements is not a reason to eliminate the law or requirement.
Otherwise, we may as well get rid of speed limits
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Posted By
Rural Albertan
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4/23/2010 3:41:59 PM
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Excellent piece of topical journalism. There is content here for all Canadians to consider. The gun registry punishes the hard working, responsible, law abiding, tax paying Canadians. We have learned violent criminals DO NOT register their weapons. When police officers respond to a domestic dispute (most often cited benefit of registry) the information a firearm may be registered to that address only means the occupant is likely a responsible person. Police have tactical protocols to ALWAYS presume a firearm may be in any home. There is little to none abuse from responsible Canadians vs. violent criminals. Registry is a Billion dollar failed experiment and needs to be scrapped.
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Posted By
10 mile
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4/23/2010 2:45:48 PM
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Thank you for getting this interview. And please thank the Chief for having the guts to speak out against the Liberal misconceptions on the gun registry. When it comes to justice, the Liberals are first class phonies!
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Posted By
Ross Shallop, Toronto
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4/22/2010 6:37:09 PM
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God Bless you, Chief Hanson!
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Posted By
HTC
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4/22/2010 4:16:00 PM
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Unfortunately, Hanson supports (and, possibly, had input in drafting) the absurd Body Armour Ban. Really, THIS lunacy is somehow a useful anti-gang tool? Now PASSIVE self-defense against both bullets and knives (the legislation also covers stab-resistant vests) will be illegal, unless you're a cop/peace officer, paramedic, armoured car driver, or security guard (i.e., guarding a mall from unarmed, teen girl shoplifters)--otherwise, your life is worthless. As with the gun control legislation, criminals wishing to avail themselves of body armour will simply ignore the law.
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Posted By
Adam
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4/22/2010 3:44:52 PM
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