Sentences with phrase «federal gun registry»
As for getting data on the number and type of guns in the United States, Branas declined to comment on the advisability of creating a federal gun registry — an idea that has drawn extensive opposition from opponents of firearms regulation.
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Constitutional law: The federal government enacted legislation requiring the destruction of all long - gun registry records collected by the provinces.
Major kudos must go to the Québec government's team of lawyers, who masterminded the challenge which resulted yesterday in the grant of a permanent injunction against the destruction of the long - gun registry data by the federal authorities.
Section 29 of the federal Ending the Long - gun Registry Act, which requires the destruction of all records contained in registries related to the registration of long guns, is constitutional, and Quebec has no legal right to the data.
The federal government has already destroyed the data on 5.6 million rifles and shotguns registered in other provinces following its decision last year to scrap the controversial and costly long - gun registry.
MONTREAL — Despite two setbacks in the last month, Quebec says it will continue its legal battle with Ottawa to preserve the province's records in the federal long - gun registry.