Originally Posted by Wildbore

They can excersise freedom without a legitmate reason. There is only a reasonable limitation on the freedom, not an abolishment of it.

Seemingly gun collectors would be subject to inspections, to confirm the validity of their claims.



If somone has not registered their handgun, they clearly didn't buy it from a legal source. Since 1934 all handguns acquired from a legal source like a gunshop are registered.

The existing guns which are not registered are overwelmingly shotguns and rifles because the shotgun and rifle registry only came in a few years ago. There are several reasons for this. People are lazy and it takes time for them to register. People don't agree with it and won't register no matter what. The government introduced an amnesty which lasts until May 2008 where you can keep your guns unregistered. And the Conservative government introduced legislation to scrap the shotgun and rifle registry, which means gun-owners are just going to wait to see if they can get a majority government and abolish the registry.



That is a possibility. Its also a possibility without a registry. Either way, the Canadian gun movement is well informed about the nonsense pulled in Britain and Australia and is not going to roll over like those two countries did in giving up its handguns.



Luckily Canada is a Parliamentary democracy where such an event is impossible.