OTTAWA -- The Canadian federal government says millions of records of registered long guns have all been destroyed, with the exception of court-protected data from Quebec.
No formal news release appears to have been issued by a Conservative government that has made repeal and destruction of the long-gun registry one of its bedrock promises.
Last year there were almost eight million firearms logged in the registry, including more than seven million non-restricted weapons.
Now that these data have been deleted, they can never be recovered -- even by Thomas Mulcair...said director of communications Julie Carmichael ...
We are delighted that the Harper government has followed through on its promise in such a timely fashion," Greg Farrant of the Ontario association said in a release.
-- The Canadian Press
Tony Bernardo, spokesman for the Canadian Shooting Sports Association, said: It's very important for everyone to understand the importance of the right of law-abiding citizens to own a gun, even if they don't have one themselves..
"For the state to force the registration of an essential piece of private property like a shotgun or a rifle, is an assault on the right to own private property in this country," Bernardo told QMI Agency.
"The only time a state has ever registered firearms is to tax them or to take them. "Firearms represent symbols of freedom to many people --- slaves have never been allowed to own guns."
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