When Canada's auditor general tabled her December 2002 report, she set her sights on Ottawa's controversial gun registry program. Sheila Fraser blasted the federal government for exceeding its estimated budget, saying that, by the time the smoke clears and all gun owners and their guns are registered, the program will have cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Opposition critics are quick to point out that figure is 500 times more than the original $2-million estimate. A... (GunPolicy.org)