Sentences with phrase «gun registry data»

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.

Judge rejects Quebec's attempt to block Ottawa from destroying gun registry data, Montreal Gazette

The information commissioner questioned the government's deletion of gun registry data.

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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.

The purpose of this legislation was to dismantle the long - gun registry established by the Firearms Act («FA»), and destroy the data contained therein.

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.

Hence the former Harper government's destruction of the Liberal - created long - gun registry and its vandalism of the data contained therein, plus the Wildrosers» stout defence of the «property rights» of so - called «law - abiding gun owners,» as well as the party's insistence Ottawa leave non-criminal regulation of firearms to the provinces.

Legislation to eliminate the registry and prevent future collection of long - gun registration data received royal assent in April 2012.

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.