Manitoba leaders react to federal Tory legislation to kill long-gun registry
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This article was published 26/10/2011 (5477 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
PREMIER Greg Selinger said the provincial government has no interest in setting up its own registry because it never supported the long-gun registry in the first place.
He also said the province doesn’t have an issue with Ottawa’s destruction of the registry’s records.
“If there’s no requirement to have the gun registered, why would you have a record on it?” he said.
CONSERVATIVE Leader Hugh McFadyen said he supports the federal move to abolish the gun registry.
“We’ve consistently said we think the registry was really — in addition to being a tremendous waste of money — it was also targeting the wrong people,” he said.
Instead of a law that unfairly makes life difficult for farmers and duck hunters, McFadyen said he would rather see the establishment of a city police unit that would focus on illegal weapons.
LIBERAL Leader Jon Gerrard defended the gun registry, saying it helps protect police officers (who could check on whether guns were registered at a particular home) and allows folks who had their guns stolen to get them back.
Now that it is established, the gun registry is no longer a big expense for government, he said.
“We will see whether Canada is any safer. I think that is the bottom line,” Gerrard said of Ottawa’s move.