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Canadian Long-gun Registry 'Had Nothing to Do' With Montreal Shootings
16 September 2006
Globe & Mail (Toronto), Editorial
Quebec Premier Jean Charest is no doubt sincere when he expresses deep sorrow over the death of 18-year-old Anastasia De Sousa in the shooting rampage at Montreal's Dawson College this week. But the instinct to connect her death with the long-gun registry is misguided.
The long-gun registry had nothing to do with the attack at Dawson College. All three guns carried by the murderous Kimveer Gill were legally registered in his name. None of them was considered a long... (GunPolicy.org)
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