Gun Legislation In Canada Essay Research Paper

Gun Legislation In Canada Essay, Research Paper

h2>Control and Controversy Dan Barham 100032310 Soci 2723 11/30/1998. Firearms laws in Canada have

become increasing restrictive over the past century. Permits were first

required for carrying handguns outside of one’s house in 1892. Carry permits

for handguns grew restrictive until 1934 when handguns were registered. Since

that time, handgun registration became increasingly centralised. Bill C-150 was

introduced into the Canadian Criminal code in 1969. Bill C-150 stated that,

.All automatic firearms, handguns, and firearms less than 66cm (26in) in length

were classified as restricted firearms and required registration. Increased

criminal penalties were introduced for possession and carrying of both registered

and unregistered firearms. In 1976 the government enacted Bill C-83. Bill C-83

required that prospective firearm purchasers first obtain a police permit and

supply police with two character references..

In 1977, Parliament passed C.51 which, among other things, prohibited a

number of firearms and introduced the Firearms Acquisition Certificate (FAC).

Now in order to purchase, Canadians had to submit to police scrutiny before

they could purchase any firearm. In 1991, Parliament passed C.17, an omnibus

firearm law. The government justified this legislation by the brutal murder of

14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique by Marc Lepine. Among other things, C-17

prohibited a number of semiautomatic firearms and restricted a number of other

firearms. It prohibited "high capacity" magazines, pawned

bureaucratic rules for safe handling and safe storage, introduced "reverse

onus" provisions for firearms applicants and a centralised training

program for prospective firearms owners. Concomitant to C.17, the Minister of

Justice tightened up many procedures for dealing with firearms owners,

including a lengthy new application form for the FAC. Despite the 1992 introduction of C.17, the new Liberal Justice

Minister vowed to introduce still more restrictive firearms laws after the 1993

federal elections. In November 1994, he introduced an outline of his planned

legislation, and in February 1995, over the objections of many Liberal MP’s, he

introduced C.68. Rushing this law through the House Justice Committee, the Justice

Minister vowed he would not accept any amendments to his law. Thus, he rejected

input from the Reform Party, the Bloc QuÉbÉcois and even his own party. Despite

the largest protest ever mounted in the history of Canada, the House of Commons

passed the law on June 13, 1995. It was passed through the Senate on November

22, 1995, and was proclaimed on December 5, 1995 in time for the sixth

anniversary of the Montreal murders. Bill C-68 requires

that all firearms must be registered in a central database starting on Dec 1

and being passed in by 2003. All gun owners must have a license to possess a

firearm by 2001.The registry

will require the county.s estimated three million gun owners to register

approximately seven million firearms. It was initially slated to get underway

next week, but the government announced Monday 16th of November that

the implementation of the database would be delayed two months because some

police forces are not ready yet. The Government stated that the cost to

register every rifle and shotgun in Canada would be $85 million – spread over 5

years to do the whole job, of creating the database, and enacting all of the

legislation, and to go through the registration process. It is now three years

later since the inception of C-68, the government has spent close to. $200 million and not a single firearm in the

country has been registered in the database yet. Much of the opposition to the

implementation of Bill C-68, say that enough is enough. The government is

wasting time and millions of dollars on legislation that has no guarentee of

affecting crime in Canada. .Criminals are NOT affected by gun control systems.. They do not apply for a permit to buy a gun,

do not buy guns in stores, do not register guns, and, above all, NEVER go to

the police station to apply for a permit to take a handgun down to the bank for

the purpose of robbing the bank....... Dave Tomlinson, member of NFAWhen it comes to the debate over whether or not

firearms should even be permitted one of the major factors has been values.

Values guide actions and beliefs. They influence perceptions of the world and

allow us to make distinctions between "good" and "evil."

Values are culturally transmitted, often by parents, increasingly by the media.

In an important sense values are not open to discussion, they are articles of

faith. Evidence contrary to an individual’s values is generally ignored or

rejected. People may change their minds about many things based on comparative

evidence, but values tend

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