Kristyn Wong-Tam brings the battle over the long-gun registry to Toronto
The recently cancelled long-gun registry has been a contentious issue in federal politics for years, but the next part of the battle could be fought in Toronto’s city hall. Following in the footsteps of David Miller, who was pro-registry, Kristyn Wong-Tam will introduce a motion at the next city council meeting asking Ontario to fight to maintain the data and allow it to be used by police, and the city’s lawyers to research how they could intervene. The Conservatives—who celebrated the registry’s defeat in February with a classy cocktail party—want to delete all the information collected by the registry since 1995. The Quebec government’s against the purge and Mississauga council already voted unanimously in favour of maintaining the records back in December (for which Hazel McCallion trotted out her fierce “tough on crime” face). It’s yet another example of Mississauga beating Toronto to the punch. [Globe and Mail]
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. It’s yet another example of Mississauga beating Toronto to the punch. [Globe and Mail]
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Really? Registering the guns of duck hunters, target shooters, and collectors, tracking their every move, and ignoring criminals, is doing something to reduce crime? Will severally limiting stock car racing do anything to stop the street racing carnage on our roads? Hunters, target shooters, and collectors, have NOTHING to do with crime, and the sooner you hoplophobic lefties get that through your thick heads and start tackling the REAL problem the better off we will all be
Yet there are people who want to register smartphones, so that they can be returned if they are lost or stolen. Why not register all guns, so they can be be returned? Why are we registered cars, if not so they can be returned if found? Do the same with all guns.
Actually Laser Guy it was the real criminals who raised this whole issue in the first place. The gun registry is simply a wedge issue for Stephen Harper to let us bicker over while he destroys the country. So yeah Laser Guy is right, let’s stop the real criminal Harper’s Conservatives (cough Reform Party cough) from making reproduction decisions for women and cutting money that’s needed for our social programs. Enough of this wild goose chase (hunt)
FFS I am so sick of ignorant non gun owning fools like Wong-Tam and Vaughan blaming legal law abiding firearm owners for this city’s rampant gun crime. THE GUNS USED IN CRIMES ARE SMUGGLED INTO CANADA FROM THE USA AND NON REGISTERED. Why can’t you dumb dumb’s understand that this is NOT going to fix the problem of removing prohibited illegal firearms from our streets. Focus on the problem. Ugh, how frustrating.