I was being sarcastic. I have never manned a Browing .50 calibre or any type of long range .50 BMG sniper weapon system. I have no clue what would happen. Maybe someone could enlighten us.

Back to licensing, I frequently use my license as an I.D. document for bars, casinos, stuff like this. Maybe other people care about their anonymity but it doesn't really bother me. It doesn't tell the government any more information than they already know about me, just that I have safety knowledge and want to legally obtain guns, which I am proud of.

Its the registry that is concerning, telling the govenrment exactly what types of guns someone owns. The registry for shotguns and rifles is obviously useless. Like you said before these guns are barely used in crime, they are mostly hunting guns. No reason to register them especially since it has costed so much and done so little.

It will be impossible for the government to use the registry to take away handguns in Canada. You might pass us off a niave, but the pro-gun movement in Canada is well aware and knowledgable about the crap Australia and Britain pulled, and how much of a failure that is. Most handgun owners are not going to roll over and let that happen here. We are actually lucky, the handgun registry probably could have been used for confiscation before, but not now knowing the lessons of those places.

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