Comments | canpolitik: Bill C-301

sun_tzu in canpolitik

Bill C-301

Mar 29, 2009 22:47

I'm surprised this hasn't come up in here. The long-awaited bill to finally put the long gun registry out of its misery has finally been introduced. It's a private member's bill, which is interesting, though the Prime Minister has been talking it up with groups likely to support it, asking them to help get their MPs to support it ( Read more... )

gun registry, crime, gun control

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allhatnocattle March 30 2009, 04:10:52 UTC

Nothing in it about getting our billion dollars back? I figure CSL could just pay us back.

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trinib March 30 2009, 15:09:31 UTC

not to mention gang member like to carry guns that can be concealed. a pistol fits much more comfortably inside the belt than a rifle

sun_tzu March 30 2009, 19:30:12 UTC

Beyond that, gangs tend to use guns that have been smuggled into Canada illegally in the first place, so Canadian laws have little impact on that supply anyhow - or at least currently do. And the money to be saved by scrapping ATTs, the long gun registry, and five year renewals can be used to actually tackle those problems, and all these changes will have no significant negative impact on public safety, despite what Wendy Cukier types want the public to think.

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sun_tzu March 30 2009, 12:34:35 UTC

Love that the yahoo bit sites Michael Moore as a reference. Anyhow what do those statistics have to do with the price of tea in China?

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sun_tzu March 30 2009, 15:41:31 UTC

Ah. Gotcha.

harry_beast March 30 2009, 18:50:16 UTC

a transparent cost/benefit analysis process by the Auditor General to show that the system works and the costs are reasonable
I wish they would apply this rule to all government programs. I think we all know, however, that when it comes to massive government programs, effectiveness and cost effectiveness always take a back seat to politics, special interests and shady backroom deals.

sun_tzu March 30 2009, 18:53:46 UTC

I'd love that too. But I doubt it will ever happen because the words "government" and "accountability" rarely go together very well.

binro33 April 1 2009, 06:41:24 UTC

I guess I can't disagree with eliminating yet another useless layer of bureaucracy but why is this coming out as a private member's bill instead of from the Conservative Caucus? Isn't this issue near and dear to Harper's heart?

sun_tzu April 1 2009, 16:25:49 UTC

While Harper surely supports the bill I would wager that it wasn't his major priority. The MP who introduced the bill has been a stalwart opponent of the registry forever basically so he just moved the process forward. In all I think it'll be a good change. Free up money for useful initiatives, get rid of endless bureaucracy, end a series of court challenges, and make the system work better. I hope it passes.

binro33 April 1 2009, 19:13:15 UTC

I hate to agree with you, especially in a public forum, but I hope it passes as well. I didn't agree with it at the time it was originally proposed (or at the original cost for that matter), but my question was more about why Grand Strategist Harper is letting it play out this way. Private member's bills don't have a very good track record.