Let’s have a gun registry that works

The Liberal’s and NDP throw up their in horror at ordinary people having guns (they probably jump on chairs when they see a mouse as well). They say that ordinary, hard working; responsible Canadians should not have guns because they cannot be trusted to use them responsibly. According to these theorists every Canadian is a potential mass murderer. The stupid herd of ordinary Canadians (who are not on the inside of the their parties) would either be careless or randomly kill their families, friends and coworkers if they freely possessed these terrible engines of destruction.
Those who are against the present gun registry say that it is people who kill other people no guns are necessary.
The abolitionists say that it is guns, which kill people so people should not have guns so they can kill others.
In this case I must partly agree with the abolitionists. It is a certain kind of people who have guns who kill other people. The people who kill people are usually those who have exhibited criminal behaviours, threat makers` or career criminals.
The present gun registry takes guns from the hands of those who are responsible and may need them for their occupations. It leaves guns in the hands of criminals. Criminals will not register their guns and will obtain all the guns they want from suppliers the government does not and will not take measures to control.
The answer is to have a national registry of these humans who kill or demonstrate the capacity and potential to kill or intimidate and harm others with guns. It is guns in the possession of these people, which are deadly.
The number of such people is relatively small and would not incur the boondoggle that we that have now. This would free up the huge amounts of money that is being spent and put guns back in the hands of those who are responsible in their use.
How would we accomplish this?
Very simply. No one who has a criminal record has the right to have a gun in his possession. Career criminals have forfeited the right to own offensive weapons of any kind, guns, knives, explosives or anything else by which they could cause bodily harm. Those who are mentally unstable should go into such a registry until there is unequivocal proof they are no longer dangerous. Anyone who has made threats of violence of any kind should go into the registry. Those who have used offensive weapons to commit any crime would be put into the registry and be banned from owning offensive weapons for life.
It’s all very well to put people on a list but criminals will still have offensive weapons including guns in spite of any laws that are made. The problem is not with the laws but with their enforcement. Career criminals in Canada are given all the rights of freedom from search and seizure, which other responsible citizens possess. These are the people who kill people and laws about their having guns in their possession so they can rob, terrify, mug, intimidate and kill others should be enforced.
Our law enforcement agencies should be given the right to do randomized searches of such people, their dwellings and vehicles at any time without probable cause for weapons of any kind. If found in possession of such weapons there should be mandatory sentences for each level of infraction. Here are some suggestions.
The criminal who has in his/her possession an offensive weapon will be given a mandatory sentence of 5 years. Those who sell guns to criminals mandatory sentence 15 years. Those have used offensive weapons to make threats against the well being of others a mandatory sentence of 10 years. Those who have used offensive weapons in committing a criminal act mandatory sentence of 15 years – no exceptions or chance of parole. Those who injure anyone while committing a crime with offensive weapons should receive a mandatory sentence of 20 years no exceptions no parole. Those who kill with an offensive weapon a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years to life no parole.
You say this is a violation of basic human rights. Whose rights? We have laws in place, which make mandatory search and seizure of anything that could be used as offensive weapons in our airports. There is no hint that the law of search, and sometimes that can be a strip search, is a violation of personal rights. Such searches ensure, as much as possible, the safety of those on the airplane. Our country is a vehicle in which we travel to our still uncertain future. Government is responsible to ensure our safety from those whose profession (criminals) or condition (mentally unstable) puts the rest of the citizens in danger.
Yes it is guns that kill people. But it is only particular kinds of people with guns who kill people.
The tragedy of the four officers murdered out west by a man with a long record of aggressive and criminal behaviour would not have happened if such laws were in place. Our customs officials have had this right of search and seizure for years. Since exhaustive searches were instituted at our airports we have had few incidents of highjacking. There is no reason that those who have a record of criminal behaviour should not be subject to the same kind of laws that protect us when we travel on airplanes. It has worked. It is effective.
It is the right of the reliable, ordinary Canadians in this country to have the freedom to walk our streets without fear, to live in their homes without fear of home jacking and have guns for sport, collection and protection.
Canadians need the protection and freedom that such legislation would give. It is good to see a party with the guts to face down liberal pantywaists that believe they have the right to regulate the lives of others by their phobias and leave us helpless before a rising tide of lawlessness.

Don Cook