Gun owners shuffle weapons to confuse registry in Canada

[RugersGR8]

http://www.wellandtribune.ca/2012/08/30/gun-owners-shuffle-weapons-to-confuse-registry
Gun owners shuffle weapons to confuse registry
By Kris Sims, Atlantic Bureau
Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:46:20 EDT PM

.."Dubbed "The Great Canadian Gun Registry Shuffle," owners are trading and selling firearms without using the old registry numbers, making the old data inaccurate."..

 

[RugersGR8]

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http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/national/2012/08/30/20157856.html
National
Gun owners shuffle weapons
By KRIS SIMS, Parliamentary Bureau

 

[redmax51]

I'm so glad I don't live in Canada!!

 

[Boehlertaught]

Interesting. I can't blame them. Can they get in to trouble doing this?

 

[fustigate]

Can they get in to trouble doing this?

I'm no Canadian law expert but since the law has been repealed/stricken, they aren't tracking any more, and they have ordered the data to be destroyed. Except Quebec, which is Canada's version of California, still wants to keep the data. So they're trading guns around and saying, "Fine, keep the data, but it's worthlessly out of date now because I don't have that gun anymore!"

"Many groups wanted to keep the registry, saying that it assisted police in finding guns and reduced violence against women."
Because Canadians who commit crimes involving guns against women only do it with registered long guns and never swap guns illegally. Riiiiight. I always get a kick out of reading the lame excuses people come up with for various gun laws.