It's only $60 and a bit of paperwork......wrong!

STATEMENT: It's only $60 and a bit of paperwork. This is not a hardship on firearms owners.

ANSWER:

Quebec 1 Year & 4 Months on processing Handgun Request..., and counting....

- In February of 2008 a Handgun was ordered from Marstar.
- In May of 2008 the delay was "the Club Renewal not received"
- DELAY ( No Contact - Mail Box Full, messages left)
- In June 2008 Canadian Firearms Center (Quebec) says the Quebec Firearms Officer is in Ottawa!?
- In January 2009 the delay was an old contact that said "NO"
- In January 2009 everything was OK
- DELAY ( No Contact - Mail Box Full, left messages)
- In June 2009 Canadian Firearms Center (Quebec) hangs up phone when asking for Firearms Officer.
- In June 2009 Canadian Firearms Center agrees to contact Quebec Firearms Officer.

This is an example of the cost of the Gun Registry...

Why is it that these workers are ignorant and know nothing?!?!
Why is it that the person that has your file is the only one you can talk to?!?!
Why is their mailbox full and they never call back?
- NO ANSWERS -
Consider the case of Constable Mark Smith of the St. John, New Brunswick Police Department. In 1991, Constable Smith bought a Browning Hi Power from a gun store. During 1992 he got several 'permits to transport' for competitions outside New Brunswick. In 1993 he traded the gun in to a different store. The following year, the RCMP noticed there was no registration certificate number on one of the 1992 transport permits. They checked with FRAS, (the RCMP's restricted weapons database) which erroneously reported the gun had never been registered. Constable Smith was charged with possession of an unregistered restricted weapon, and suspended from his job.
During his trial, Constable Smith fortunately had a change of luck. A reference to his registration was discovered in a file ledger at the local police station, and he was acquitted. This case has a happy ending, but it serves to illustrate the impossible position a gun owner might find himself in. What would have happened had this ledger record not been uncovered? In all likelihood, Constable Smith would have been convicted, the same as any gun owner who is unable to prove his innocence.