Gun Registry
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Quebec government to maintain gun registry deadline, will ease some criteriaThe province has previously estimated that Quebecers own 1.6 million long guns, mostly shotguns and rifles.PoliticsJan 23, 2019
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‘You might as well be on the moon’: Former RCMP officer recalls career as small-town copA former RCMP officer says small-town policing can leave cops facing difficult situations on their own, and help is often "far, far away."CanadaSep 3, 2018
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Liberal bill not designed to restore long-gun registry: public safety ministerThe bill will address concerns raised by the information commissioner over the RCMP allegedly destroying gun registry data in violation of Access to Information laws, Ralph Goodale said.CanadaJun 8, 2017
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Gun policy a stand-in for other issues in crowded Conservative leadership raceConservative leadership candidates are debating whether to make guns like the AR-15 more accessible to Canadians.PoliticsMar 18, 2017
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Quebec’s proposed long-gun registry facing fight from galvanized gun lobbyThe province tabled a bill last December aimed at setting up its own log three years after the Conservatives abolished the federal database for non-restricted guns, known as the long-gun registry. But after unanimity among Quebec lawmakers on the proposal, some politicians are starting to have cold feet.CanadaFeb 28, 2016
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3-month delay for constitutional challenge of RCMP gun registry destructionThe constitutional challenge of a Conservative law that retroactively cleared the RCMP for destroying gun registry data has been put on hold.CanadaDec 3, 2015
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Court filing alleges Conservative duplicity in handling gun registry dataA Federal Court filing alleges the Conservative government was pushing for the speedy destruction of long-gun registry records even as it was promising the information commissioner that it would preserve the data.CanadaJun 15, 2015
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Are Canada’s gun laws being whittled away without debate?Families of victims and witnesses to the 1989 Montreal massacre said Canada's hard-won gun control laws are being whittled away -- and no one seems ready, or even allowed, to talk about it.CanadaJun 11, 2015
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Edmonton mayor concerned with gun violence against policeMayor Don Iveson addressed police deaths involving guns Wednesday, while Canada's justice minister stood firm on the decision to dissolve the federal gun registry.CanadaJun 10, 2015
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Quebec vows to proceed with own gun data after Supreme Court orders registry destroyedBy a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court upheld an earlier Quebec Court of Appeal ruling that sided with the government on its controversial decision to abolish the federal registry for long guns in 2011.CanadaMar 27, 2015
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