JustDisGuy

It's a bullshit law because the government is forcing law abiding citizens to register their ownership of "long guns" or rifles. For the most part around here if you have a rifle, it's to go get some food. We've had to register hand guns and be members of shooting clubs and get transport permits to take our hand guns to the range for decades already. We've also had to go through a process of police checks and government issued identification requirements for the procurement of firearms for decades. The only thing new about all of this is that now the government will know where all the firearms are that people are willing to admit they have.

While the registration of firearms will tell the police (if they can search the registry, and if they do) whether there might be firearms in the residence of a law abiding citizen, police officers are not normally being called to attend the homes of law abiding citizens - instead they tend to be dealing with criminals. Criminals of course are not registering their firearms. In fact, many many formerly law abiding citizens are also not registering their firearms, and thus being forced into the role of criminal by the state. They are not willing to part with their security in the interest of conforming to what they also see as a bullshit law.

The only thing this law does for Canada is provide a few people with government jobs, and provide a list for the zealots who eventually get elected that they can reference when they come to disarm the public. Oh, there is one other thing - the law provides for the search of any place (residence, business or otherwise) where the police suspect there may be firearms, without a warrant.

And that is why it's a bullshit law.

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