Letter: Glad gun registry to be dismantled

Letter: Glad gun registry to be dismantled
Date: Feb 17, 2006 11:16 AM
PUBLICATION: The Toronto Star
DATE: 2006.02.17
EDITION: ONT
SECTION: Letter
PAGE: A23
WORD COUNT: 123



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Glad gun registry to be dismantled

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Tories load up to kill gun registry Feb. 15.

I am pleased to hear that the Conservative government has created a
committee to figure out how to best dismantle the long gun registry. As
we all know, the long gun registry has cost Canadian taxpayers more than
$1 billion so far and has an annual operating cost of $90 million.

Cracking down on law-abiding hunters and sport shooters will not make
the streets of Toronto any safer or more dangerous. The long gun
registry misses the mark. The funds that support the registry must be
used to hire police officers, border guards and the required
infrastructure to target and punish the criminal and illegal use of
firearms.

Joshua Majonis, Toronto