Smoke and Mirrors – Quebec’s Proposed Long-Gun Registry

By Justin Stakes

Etobicoke, ON -(AmmoLand.com)- As of this writing, hearings for the proposed Quebec provincial gun registry are well underway, but they are not going the way politicians and anti-gun advocates would like.

Pesky little things like “facts” keep creeping into the hearings, causing the weak-minded to gasp and shriek while others fume apoplectically with righteous indignation.

Premier Philippe Couillard claims Quebec’s gun registry will cost about $20 million and “only” another $5 million per year to run. Sure.

The Pinocchio factor looms large here and given the horrendous experience with the last long gun registry, we can safely assume Premier Couillard knows he’s being less than honest with his electorate.

When the Chrétien government brought in its infamous boondoggle, they claimed it would cost only $2 million and that those costs would be covered entirely by the fees paid by gun owners. Of course, a couple of billion wasted tax dollars and a couple of decades later, no one believes that lie.

NEWS FLASH: Quebec is drastically understating what this will cost to implement.

Of course, the usual suspects come out spewing the same old tired lies they tried using to save …Read the Rest

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