| Canada: Cost of Failed Gun Registration Scheme Continue to Rise |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Friday, 21 October 2005 | |
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We reported back in September (Editorial: Canadian Gun Registry a Failure) that Canadian citizens were beginning to question the high cost of Canada's failed gun registration scheme. Today, CBC Saskatchewan news ran an article reporting that a "Saskatchewan member of parliament is fuming over what he calls a 'mysterious' multi-million dollar contract related to the federal gun registry." According to parliament member Garry Breitkreuz, the program in Ottawa county is spending another $273 million on the program; which has already cost over $1 billion. Breitkreuz vows to keep an eye on the program to determine if costs are out of control. (Click 'READ MORE' to continue...) These are the kinds of issues we would be dealing with here in the U.S. if the Diane Feinsteins of the world were to get their way and abolish the Second Amendment. These kinds of programs are not only completely unsuccessful at reducing crime (as evidenced by Canada's spiking crime rate), but end up costing the taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars. Between the material costs and the costs to life and liberty, we must always be on guard to be sure the mistakes of our Canuck counterparts are not repeated in our own backyards. |