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Guns.com 12-28-2018
MANDATORY GUN REGISTRATION IN QUEBEC HAS FEW TAKERS
"A new law in Quebec requiring most guns in the Canadian province to be logged with the government has seen underwhelming results.
Adopted earlier this year, the Firearms Registration Act requires about 95 percent of the guns in the province of 8 million residents to be registered. However, The Canadian Press is reporting that less than 20 percent of the shotguns and rifles believed to fall under the new rules have been recorded by their owners.
Of the estimated 1.6 million guns affected by the guidelines, just 284,125 have been declared to authorities, who expect the process to cost as much as $15 million USD.
Guy Morin, a pro-gun activist who leads a group opposed to the registration, said he hopes the noncompliance will translate into the law becoming unenforceable. "We are Canadian gun owners, and this is insulting to us," he said:
Mandatory gun registration in Quebec has few takers (VIDEO)
This is what I hope Americans would do but sadly I feel most will not and would comply and register. You know because you can trust the government to do the right thing for safety.
MANDATORY GUN REGISTRATION IN QUEBEC HAS FEW TAKERS
"A new law in Quebec requiring most guns in the Canadian province to be logged with the government has seen underwhelming results.
Adopted earlier this year, the Firearms Registration Act requires about 95 percent of the guns in the province of 8 million residents to be registered. However, The Canadian Press is reporting that less than 20 percent of the shotguns and rifles believed to fall under the new rules have been recorded by their owners.
Of the estimated 1.6 million guns affected by the guidelines, just 284,125 have been declared to authorities, who expect the process to cost as much as $15 million USD.
Guy Morin, a pro-gun activist who leads a group opposed to the registration, said he hopes the noncompliance will translate into the law becoming unenforceable. "We are Canadian gun owners, and this is insulting to us," he said:
Mandatory gun registration in Quebec has few takers (VIDEO)
This is what I hope Americans would do but sadly I feel most will not and would comply and register. You know because you can trust the government to do the right thing for safety.
