However he doesn't say what would be a good solution. I have always thought that if you were going to critisize something that you should have a legitimate alternative in mind.
Used to be the Canadian cops, local, provincial, or the RCMP's took a pretty tough line with wrongdoers. You got a good old fashioned a&&-whoopin' before you got to the jail and several more after. Sometimes (for minor things like assault, petty theft, etc) they would give an a$$-whoopin' and a warning and then take you home to sleep it off.
my how things have changed
Stephen Harper has already said he will abolish the gun registry. They can't even pay people to register their firearms. It's been ANOTHER collosal waste of money.