yup,we threw the Liberals out too-they were decimated in the last election,and reduced to an ineffective postion in parlement-even losing their ''leader of the opposition''status.
The Long gun registry was ''ineffective and completely wastefull'',served no useful purpose other than creating jobs [many of which took police off the streets and into offices doing paperwork]
There were horror stories of the ''tip line'' which was set up to alert police of potential firearms violence.While well meaning-it became a tool for disgruntled people,ex spouses and opportunists to harrass law abiding citizens-the police could and did come in without a search warrent and confiscate all firearms at a persons residence.One individual in Toronto was arrested, marched out into the street in his underware,while the police seached his home and confiscated his 14 guns-which they later found to be all legally owned and registered .The charges were later dropped.
If the objective of the Long gun registry was to make it so onorous and complicated to own firearms and go hunting-it was a resounding success-hunting licences declined by 50% .Thousands of hunting rifles and shotguns were turned over to the police for destruction-many of which were collector status.
but did it actually DO anything in terms of saving lives or making peoples lives safer?-no.....the politicians and the naive voters failed to take into account one simple fact-criminals don't register their weapons-they never have-thats why they are criminals....
