The figure being bandied about in the media is that police are now up to 10,000 “uses” of the registry per DAY, (not year.) This is a phony contrived figure by having a computer generated “hit” for every police use of a computer, from traffic tickets to minor misdemeanor records.
Few are actual “firearms” inquiries especially since front line police would be very unwise to even think of relying on the flawed data. We were recently target shooting with some very senior police officers and their young sons. They do not rely on the registry. Never. All front line police know that to rely on the grossly incomplete and severely flawed error riddled registry would be suicidal. (See “What Police have said about the Registry” on
Garry Breitkreuz’s site) Worse than that, REAL criminals are REMOVED from the registry when convicted, so the very ones that do pose a real danger to anyone, are PROTECTED by the C-68 “Home Invasions Made Safer” law. EVERY call must be treated as “possibly or likely weapons present.” To do otherwise would be suicidal.
The police chiefs are badly undermining their credibility by supporting the useless and dangerous registry.
All of our continued efforts though, appear to be moot. The Conservatives seem to have no desire to improve the horrible mess they are now contributing to, by underhandedly undermining and not pointing out the blatant falsehoods being disseminated by their own and opposition members regarding Garry Breitkreuz’s proposed C-301. C-301 is sensible, in no way compromises any perceived “public safety,” but still does not remove the criminal stigmatization of normal, law abiding, traditional firearms owners by retaining the C-68 licensing system which is the real danger to honest people. By severely dividing their own caucus, and allowing the Bloc and NDP to effectively dictate terms in the House as well as the MSM, the PMO appears now to be anti lawful firearms owners – their largest block of voters. They have now publicly implied ("We think licensing serves a valid social policy purpose," said Vic Toews – “Personal firearm permit to stand” By PAUL TURENNE Winnipeg Sun) that they support C-68 licensing. S-5 actually creates a far more dangerous, demeaning, and cumbersome system which by massively adding bureaucracy and oppression to the C-68 mess, will undoubtedly increase administration costs and be a worse burden on traditional firearms owners by a factor of five to ten times.
Sadly, the FAC system prior to C-68 that was in place and administered by the local RCMP and City Police forces, was far more effective in screening lawful firearms owners since these forces had local knowledge of the people applying for the FAC. Therefore we were already licensed when C-68 was implemented. But we were not made into instant “paper criminals” which was the only thing accomplished by the over two billion dollars wasted on the C-68 system. It does absolutely nothing to prevent criminal use of guns as Toronto and other cities have so convincingly demonstrated. It is not the people – farmers, collectors, sportsmen and women, and other traditional firearms owners attacked by C-68, who are committing crimes. The current C-68 gun laws have made the streets and homes more dangerous, by protecting the privacy and rights of REAL criminals who of course, are NOT in the registry.
As contributing members and life long supporters of honest Conservative principles, and having worked hard to help them succeed in electing members through email, campaigning and other means, we feel badly let down. The promise was “to repeal C-68” because it is “bad law.” It was and is. They seem to have abandoned that logical promise. I sincerely hope we are wrong. But we must be shown to be wrong. We are anxiously waiting.
Don Klein
Secretary Valley Rifle Club
