Hayes points out that while the government has talked a lot about the privacy intrusive aspects
of the gun registry they haven't explained why they would introduce a much more intrusive regime around Internet use.
Note, there's no mention
of the gun registry and nary a word (and this isn't a crime but still a justice issue) on the process for appointing judges to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The information commissioner questioned the government's deletion
of gun registry data.
Not exact matches
It established a
registry of all
guns owned in the country and required a permit for all new firearm purchases.
Instead
of fresh explanations, Harper offered well - worn tales
of derring - do: the Universal Child Care Benefit, the GST cuts, the end
of the Wheat Board monopoly and
of the long -
gun registry.
Yesterday one wag suggested Harper didn't actually need to deliver a speech -
of - his - life, and that his ambition should be more modest: «He needs to make the generic case he would make to any audience — economy and trade — and the narrower case that works best with Conservatives — Wheat Board, long -
gun registry, resource exports, crime,» this fellow wrote.
With hot - button right - wing populist issues like abortion and capital punishment largely off the table in Canadian politics, the long -
gun registry took on disproportionate importance for that portion
of the Conservative base.
Instead
of hearing about billion dollar
gun -
registries or carbon taxes, we all get to spend four weeks talking about potholes and roads, garbage pickup, traffic congestion, and other issues that affect people literally where they live.
The NFA established a
registry of all
guns owned in the country and required a permit for all new firearm purchases.
Legislators in Connecticut have passed what some are saying are the nation's toughest new
gun laws — banning high - capacity magazines, creating a weapon offender
registry, requiring universal background checks for firearm purchases and adding more types
of guns under an existing assault weapons ban.
But staring down the baby aisles
of Target and Babies R Us (among others), I just felt dizzy, and ended up clicking that little clicky -
registry gun way.
Since several CA citizens have had their
guns confiscated lately, due to medical information, I've realized that this state has a
registry of guns and access to medical info.
He called for stiffer penalties and sentences for illegal weapon sale, possession and use; a statewide
registry of violent felons; increased penalties for anyone caught with a
gun on the ground
of a school or on a school bus; and a push to end gang violence.
The provisions also would create a mandatory police
registry of assault weapons and a more powerful tool to require the reporting
of mentally ill people who say they intend to use a
gun illegally.
He also pledged to redouble the push for a public felony
gun offender
registry in the city and state and expressed support for building a new freezer facility in Hunts Point for local food markets and redeveloping the Sheridan Expressway, noting that the West Side
of Manhattan had seen success converting highways into boulevards.
Governor Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference at the Capitol about a bill to broaden the state's definition
of banned assault weapons, increase penalties for those convicted
of gun crimes and create a statewide
registry of assault rifles on Monday Jan. 14, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
That's because there is no national
registry — no searchable database
of guns and their owners.
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.
Most
of you reading this have, or will, find themselves with a
registry gun and a blank stare at the front
of Babies» R» Us.
Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Solomon Friedman appeared on CJAD Radio's Barry Morgan Show on Tuesday, September 13 for an interview and debate on the subject
of the long
gun registry.
The purpose
of this legislation was to dismantle the long -
gun registry established by the Firearms Act («FA»), and destroy the data contained therein.
Constitutional law: The federal government enacted legislation requiring the destruction
of all long -
gun registry records collected by the provinces.
Building on the cost effectiveness and success
of the long -
gun registry, the new cannabis legislation empowers the government to establish a marijuana
registry.
Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Solomon Friedman was quoted and made the link between these breaches and the RCMP's bungling
of the long
gun registry.
Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Solomon Friedman appeared on CJAD Radio's Barry Morgan Show for an interview and debate on the subject
of the long
gun registry.
Ottawa criminal defence lawyer Solomon Friedman appeared on CJAD Radio's Tommy Schnurmacher show for an interview and debate on the subject
of the long
gun registry.
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.
On Friday, the Supreme Court
of Canada brought to an end the lengthy saga
of Canada's long -
gun registry.
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.
Among the clinic's 100 pages
of evidence is an affidavit from a Halton - area woman who benefited from the
registry when police were unable to locate one
of the five long -
guns registered to her violent ex-husband.
Legislation to eliminate the
registry and prevent future collection
of long -
gun registration data received royal assent in April 2012.
(The Québec Court
of Appeal's recent
gun registry decision, Canada (Procureur général) c. Québec (Procureur général), 2013 QCCA 1138, which I summarized here, is a fine example
of that sort
of rhetoric.)
Additionally, we believe in the necessity
of a national
gun registry or database.
Putting this
registry into effect will streamline background checks and prevent
guns from getting into the hands
of people who shouldn't have these machines
of war in the first place.
Well too bad if you think so, because state law bans any state or local government entity from creating a
gun registry under pain
of a $ 5 million fine, the Sun Sentinel's Skyler Swisher reports.
While not calling for a
registry or banning assault weapons, Gov. Rick Scott unveiled a host
of reforms Friday, including raising the age to purchase a rifle to 21, creating a «violent threat restraining order» that would bar people deemed a threat from buying
guns, boosting funding for mental health and banning bump stocks, an attachment that causes a semiautomatic rifle to fire faster.
The Liberals can not and will not do what's necessary on the punishment side
of gun control, not if it means looking bad on their
gun registry.
The whole thing is just another fiasco like the «
gun registry» and will do no more that it did... cost a lot
of money, waste a lot
of time and solve nothing.