Kevin is totally right when he mentions that a better job should be done at the licensing step, instead of suggesting another useless registry.

What people like Barry and pro-registry activists don't understand is that once firearms get into the hands of persons with bad intentions, it's already too late. And same is true for persons with suicidal intentions. Be the guns registered or not. That's the proof that a registry saves no lives at all.

Take for granted that FAL holders have no criminal record, except for a few famous cases (Bain, Gill and Lépine, for instance).But the FAL (Firearms acquisition license) is still the best tool the authorities can rely on to prevent suicide and a few psycho cases, given that the Governement provides the Sûreté du Québec with sufficient money and staff in order to conduct adequate investigations before issuing an FAL. With sufficient staff, state-of-the-Art investigations would certainly have had caught Bain, Gill and Lépine "in the net" before they get their FAL issued or renewed.

Hope you understand better now, Barry.

Regards,

Luc Lapierre