Re: Gun Registry

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From: Craig Tataryn
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 22:56

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Just out of curiosity, will it now be legal to enter any lawful gun owner's
residence on a hunch that they may be storing their guns improperly?

Craig.

Sensei Brent wrote:
> no org wrote:
>
>> In article <3E1DD75E.86DAA265@shaw.ca>, senseibrentxxx@shaw.ca
>> says...
>>>
>>>
>>> Darin wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> sadly, I don't think the present laws could have prevented this
>>>>> recent tragedy:
>>>>>
>>>>> Boy, 6, dies after being shot by sister, 7
>>>>> http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/01/04/boy_shot030104
>>>>>
>>>> This is definitely a tragedy of the worst kind and unfortunately
>>>> it could have been very easily prevented by locking the guns and
>>>> ammo up and store them properly "unloaded". Registration would
>>>> have made no difference in the out come of this, common sense
>>>> would have.
>>>
>>> Part of the whole law includes the requirement for safe storage, if
>>> the gun had been legally registered the police could have
>>> ascertained (beforehand) if the owner met those requirements for
>>> safe storage of a handgun.  A big part of the law is to license
>>> owners and in doing so make them aware of proper safety procedures
>>> for storage and handling.
>>
>> You don't need a billion dollar gun registry to make it a legal
>> requirement to store your firearms safely and to make gun owners
>> aware of those requirements.
>
> I wouldn't dispute that it should not have cost $1billion.  The
> registry allows police to know what kind of weapons you have and then
> to check to see if you do store them appropriately.

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