Liberals show united front on long-gun registry - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff makes his remarks during the National Caucus meeting at the Liberal Party annual summer retreat in Baddeck, NS, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. |
The duel over gun control pits law-and-order... - Friday, August 27, 2010
Even though Bill C-391 is not expected to be back before Parliament until late next month, critics are not holding their fire over the Conservative government's bid to scrap the long-gun registry... |
Police chiefs' registry fool's gold - Thursday, August 26, 2010
An Angus Reid poll out this week shows a vast majority of Canadians -- 72% -- think the long-gun registry has done nothing to prevent crime. A survey of rank-and-file police officers is even more decisive, fully 92% of them want it scrapped... |
Straw poll of cops proof gun registry worthless - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Conservative MPs are pointing to a straw poll of 2631 frontline police officers as proof the long-gun registry is worthless. In Edmonton, Const. Randy Kuntz's survey, which was included in a police magazine... |
Police chiefs endorse long-gun registry - Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Rifles line an Ottawa hunting store's shelves in this 2006 photo. Canada's police chiefs are defending the federal long-gun registry as an efficient and effective tool. |
NDP controls gun registry's fate - Monday, June 07, 2010
The Conservatives will call upon the help of a dozen NDP MPs to reform the federal gun registry, as the House of Commons prepares to vote next week on a bill that would wipe hunting firearms from the database. |
Gun owners to fight new rifle prohibition - Monday, June 07, 2010
The National Firearms Association of Canada is demanding access to an RCMP report that explains why a previously restricted rifle was suddenly reclassified... |
Anti-gun registry bill hits snag - Monday, June 07, 2010
Tory MP Candice Hoeppner's bill to eliminate the requirement to register non-restricted firearms has been given a thumbs down by Liberal... |
Gun bill on hold - Monday, June 07, 2010
Bill C-391, the private member's bill that could end Canada's long gun registry, is likely on hold for the summer. The bill, introduced by Conservative... |
Long-gun registry is a waste - Saturday, May 15, 2010
The value of the federal long-gun registry became muddled last week with three law enforcement organizations lobbying to keep it and three former Winnipeg SWAT team members saying it is ineffective and useless. The retired officers, no longer muzzled by the official position of their professional organizations, include Dave Shipman, who retired after 25 years with the force, 16 of them in homicide.
"Never have I attended a killing when a registry of any of the weapons would have prevented that killing from occurring," said Shipman, who said he's seen hundreds of killings. |
Liberals' gun registry ad hits a wee rough patch - Sunday, May 09, 2010
Two new Liberal ads in support of the federal long gun registry feature an image of a US police officer electronically altered to include a shoulder patch worn by the Ottawa Police Service. |
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