Saturday, October 23, 2010
Gun Registry useful in Nunavut
Nunavut's chief police commander is described, in the October 22 Nunatsiaq News, as saying the national long gun registry was helpful in an October 10 homicide and standoff in Cape Dorset. The registry told police "how many firearms were stored in the shooter's house". Hunting and guns are a part of daily life in Nunavut. So is the long gun registry.
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The registry told police "how many firearms were stored in the shooter's house".
James, please, that is a flat out lie. The registry showed how many guns were registered to that person or address. Did the police know before going in if the suspect had borrowed guns from a neighbour? If the suspect had illegal guns? No, it did not. And I guarantee that after the police found the guns that were registered they continued to search for unregistered or borrowed guns. The registry did nothing that licensing didn't already do in warning police there may be guns at the residence.
I suspect that non compliance of thre LGR within native communities is so high that it is unwise to assume anything about the guns when responding in to an emergency.
It is clear that in this case a homicide occured LGR or otherwise.
It is quite stupid to argue that the LGR helped in a case where someone was killed.
Most natives are either exempt or against the ban.
http://64.38.12.138/News/archive/000506.asp
Ask the Native women there what they think of the LGR.
Anon Deux
I expect they could have found out about the guys guns from his neighbors. That would have been substantially cheaper than the LGR.
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