MP Lemieux “proud to end ineffective long-gun registry”
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transferred fromone level of government to
still need to obtain a valid firearms licence if
targets law abiding Canadian gun owners,
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another,whentheConservativegovernment
they plan to purchase or possess firearms
including farmers who live in our riding.”
has committed to ending the long gun
and topurchase ammunition. Theywill also
He said that if a crime is committed with a
registry.”
still be required to undergo background
registered long gun, it is clear that the
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MP Pierre
AuditorGeneral SheilaFraser, inher2006
checks, passa firearms safetytrainingcourse
registry did nothing to prevent that crime –
Lemieux has reasserted his support for the
report, highlightedthat the longgunregistry
and comply with firearms safe storage and
and that if a crime is committedwith a non-
federal government bill that will scrap the
is ineffective at reducing crime. In addition,
transportation requirements. Firearms
registered long gun, that the registry did
long-gun registry.
inapolice surveyconductedbyexperienced
owners will still be required to register
nothing to prevent that crime either.
“The people of my riding, particularly
police officer Randy Kuntz in Edmonton,
firearms such as handguns.
Lemieux also pointed out that criminals
farmers, have toldme of the need to end this
2,400 out of 2,600 front line police officers
Lemieux concluded: “Our federal
do not register their guns and therefore it is
wasteful and ineffective registry, because it
(over 90 per cent) responded that the long
government is focused on passing laws that
law-abiding Canadians who must register
targets them and treats them as if they were
gunregistryisnotusefulintheirfightagainst
actually fight crime, that keep firearms out
their guns and who are threatened with
criminals. I am very glad that we are
crime and that the long gun registry should
of the hands of criminals and that protect
criminal charges if for some reason they
abolishing the registry and are instead
end. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation
victims. The Long Gun Registry does none
miss an administrative deadline.
focussing real measures that fight crime,”
has calculated that it costs taxpayers more
of these.” Instead of the long-gun registry,
“The federal government does not want
said Lemieux.
than$100millionperyearforthegunregistry
the government is investing in a number of
to share the gun registry data with the
“The Long Gun Registry does not stop
to be enforced at all levels of government.
effectiveanti-crimemeasuressuchasputting
provinces because this would not be the
crime, it does not prevent crime and it does
Once the Ending the Long-Gun Registry
morepoliceonthestreets,fightingorganized
end of the gun registry; it would simply be
not crackdownon crime. Instead, it unfairly
Act ispassed,long-gunownerswillnolonger
crime, introducing mandatory minimum
be required to register their hunting rifles
penalties for serious gun crimes and
and shotguns. Gun owners, however, will
combating gun smuggling.
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Photo Pierre Lemieux
Pierre Lemieux and his son, Michael, at a recent gun show in Vankleek Hill.
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