Just out of curiosity what exactly does the repeal of the registry mean? Does it mean you don’t have to get a license to purchase a long gun anymore or does it mean you just don’t have to register them after you get the license?
Following a mass shooting in 1989, the federal Liberals created this national “firearms registry”, a database of all long-gun owners in Canada (handguns had been banned for years already). The theory was, the cops could simply check if a house had weapons inside, to better prepare for any situation.
In practise, it amounted to painting all hunters as potential murderers. The Liberals didn’t care about that, but as it turned out, a lot of those hunters were native peoples - really bad optics for a leftist party to be picking on a minority. Then there were the huge cost overruns (+1000%) - by the end, only the most hard-core were supporting it.
So the database is now to be destroyed, and guns don’t have to be registered, I think. But you still need a provincial hunting license and firearms safety course certificate.
That is exactly what it means. And it’s about time. This “gun registry” has been the biggest billions of dollars boondogle that Canada has ever seen. Good riddance to this rediculous, outrageously expensive, registry which never worked anyway. Under the Lieberals, and the NDP, criminals get to keep their guns and we, the law abiding citizens, get to be treated like criminals. Bye Bye, gun registry!! CO