Maintain the Long-Gun Registry | National Union of Public and General Employees

Dear Member of Parliament:

I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the proposed Bill C-391 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (repeal of long-gun registry).

It is a well known fact that guns are a major factor in domestic violence. One in three Canadian women killed by their husbands is shot; 88% of the firearms are rifles and shotguns. The use of guns often results in multiple victims, many times children. When a gun is involved in domestic violence, the chance of a woman's death increases by 12 times compared to other forms of violence. Even if the guns are not directly fired on women, they are often used as a tool of
intimidation in rape, or physical or psychological violence.

The registry has made a difference since its enactment in 1995 as the rate of firearm-related spousal homicides has decreased by nearly 50% from 1997 to 2006. The gun registry is consulted by police nearly 10,000 times a day and helps in efforts to take preventive actions and enforcing prohibition orders.

If the long-gun registry saves one woman's life, or one child's life, or one police officer's life, is that not worth the time it takes to register a gun? Is it not worth the money to maintain the registry?

Cc:
Prime Minister of Canada
Michael Ignatieff, MP, Liberal Party
Hon. Jack Layton, MP, PC, NDP
Gilles Duceppe, MP, Bloc Québécois

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Dear Member of Parliament:

I am writing to express my deep concern regarding the proposed Bill C-391 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Firearms Act (repeal of long-gun registry).

It is a well known fact that guns are a major factor in domestic violence. One in three Canadian women killed by their husbands is shot; 88% of the firearms are rifles and shotguns. The use of guns often results in multiple victims, many times children. When a gun is involved in domestic violence, the chance of a woman's death increases by 12 times compared to other forms of violence. Even if the guns are not directly fired on women, they are often used as a tool of intimidation in rape, or physical or psychological violence.

The registry has made a difference since its enactment in 1995 as the rate of firearm-related spousal homicides has decreased by nearly 50% from 1997 to 2006. The gun registry is consulted by police nearly 10,000 times a day and helps in efforts to take preventive actions and enforcing prohibition orders.

If the long-gun registry saves one woman's life, or one child's life, or one police officer's life, is that not worth the time it takes to register a gun? Is it not worth the money to maintain the registry?

Cc:
Prime Minister of Canada
Michael Ignatieff, MP, Liberal Party
Hon. Jack Layton, MP, PC, NDP
Gilles Duceppe, MP, Bloc Québécois

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Rt. Hon Stephen Harper
Michael Ignatieff
Hon. Jack Layton
Gilles Duceppe

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