Canadian Gun Registry - on the ropes

As David Hardy mentioned a couple of days ago, the Canadian Gun Registry is going the way of the dodo, and soon.

While completely ineffective, the cost of the registry program rose from an anticipated $2 million all the way to an astonishing and wasteful $2 billion. Oops. And gun crimes are soaring, not declining.

Yet, some people, like Winnipeg Police Service Chief Jack Ewatski, think the system is needed.

Ewatski said while the program was mismanaged, the registry still has merit because police constantly use it to find out if places they are about to enter have firearms. He said it’s used as much as 2,000 times a day by Canada’s police agencies.

I am no cop, but aren't all officers supposed to go into situation assuming there is danger-at-hand? I mean, if an address isn't listed on the registry, does the officer immediately assume "I can enter this residence without any fear of some criminal pointing a gun at me"?

Tags: Gun Control , Gun Registration , Guns