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Canadian Public Safety Minister Moves to End 'Back-door' Gun Registries
13 June 2012
CBC News (Canada) / Canadian Press
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is moving to bar what he calls "back-door" gun registries.
Toews tabled proposed regulations in Parliament on Wednesday that say firearms dealers would not be required to collect and keep data on long gun sales.
Recently passed legislation ended registration of most rifles and shotguns and directed the RCMP to permanently destroy more than seven million files on firearm ownership.
However, provinces have required gun dealers to record... (GunPolicy.org)
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