🚀 go-pugleaf

"Determinator" <siller$to@calcna.ab..ca.> wrote in message
news:3e1736c0.47011456@news.ucalgary.ca...
> "Darin" <nospam@home.com> wrote:
>
> >Someone should release report showing the effects of how all that wasted
> >money could have benefited everyone by putting that money into things
like:
> >reducing tuitions for education and make education more affordable for
> >students. Upgrading and buying more health care equipment. Medical
research.
> >Pay down the national deficit resulting in lower taxes. invest in
fighting
> >organized crime. Invest in the working poor by means of education grants
> >better education = better job = better life. that Billions of dollars
could
> >go along way in these areas and everyone would be better off. If a report
> >like this would be released I think it would be a big eye opening
experience
> >for all these people who are in favor of the firearms registry and I am
sure
> >that they would change their stand point. They have wasted a billion
dollars
> >to date how much more money is going to be wasted on this over the next
5,
> >10 and 50 years. The term money pit comes to mind.
>
>
> 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.