So some background (btw im not explaining everything).
In canada a number of years ago some wonderful politicians reacted to mass murders (actually im not entirely sure the actual reason, its debatable the motives) by requiring all guns to be registered (not just once but renewing and paying money every number of years). This registry was supposed to be fairly cheap but ended up over a billion dollars (dont actually know this for fact). Fuck it, im posting the wiki page b/c im lazy...
http://en.wikipedia....rearms_Registry
"The Canadian Firearms Registry is part of the Firearms Act and is managed by the RCMP Canadian Firearms Program. It requires the registration of all guns in Canada. It was introduced by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and implemented by successive Justice Ministers Allan Rock and Anne McLellan. It requires all usable firearms in Canada to be registered. This was an effort to reduce crime by making every gun traceable. The annual operating cost of the program is reported to be $44.6 million.[1]
Any person wishing to obtain a firearm must first acquire a Possession and Acquisition Licence or PAL.[2] The PAL carries a fee of $60 for non-restricted, $80 for restricted, and is renewable every five years. Expiry dates are set on the holder's birthday following the fifth anniversary of the initial issue of the licence.
After a change in government in 2006, the current Conservative Federal Government announced amnesty to all rifle and shotgun owners facing prosecution for failing to register their firearms, with an extended amnesty currently set to expire on May 16, 2011.[3] Since its introduction in 2001 and continuing on to the present, the long-gun registry remains a contentious issue in Canadian politics."
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Cost overruns
The registry again became a political issue in the early 2000s when massive cost overruns were reported.
In December 2002, the Auditor-General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, reported that the project was running vastly above initial cost estimates. The report shows that the implementation of the firearms registry program by the Department of Justice has had significant strategic and management problems throughout. Taxpayers were originally expected to pay only $2 million of the budget while registration fees would cover the rest. In 1995, the Department of Justice reported to Parliament that the system would cost $119 million to implement, and that the income generated from licensing fees would be $117 million. This gives a net cost of $2 million. At the time of the 2002 audit, the revised estimates from the Department of Justice were that the cost of the program would be more than $1 billion by 2004/05 and that the income from licence fees in the same period would be $140 million.
The causes of the cost overruns have been blamed on the inexperience of the Justice Department in managing a project of such scale. Especially crucial was that the scope of the project was in continuous flux requiring continuous changes to the basic set-up of the registry.[citation needed]"
So, a vote is coming in the canadian government on wether to get rid of the registry or not. What you guys think?
I believe, that you would still be required to register restricted firearms (hand guns...) and still have a license but not register your rifles.