Mr. Speaker, I will mention some things that police officers are really saying about the gun registry.
A.B.J. “Ben” Beatty, a 23-year veteran of the Ontario Provincial Police stated:
I must point out, Sir, that the firearms registry did not assist in solving one, nor obviously in deterring one [single crime]. The reasons that the firearms registry is so highly ineffectual are, I believe obvious, but basically it affects the wrong people, law abiding citizens and not criminals.
Retired RCMP staff sergeant Len Grinnell said:
As a retired member of the RCMP, who supervised police officers in Canada's largest Detachments, I have grave concerns about the reliance on the registry for data which could result in the death or injury of a police officer.