Bill to eliminate long-gun registry will also make records of rifle and shotgun sales or transfers no longer mandatory

Registrar of Firearms must not 'retain any record' of inquiries into licence confirmation under Bill C-19, even though the law requires that sellers ensure buyers have valid gun ownership licenses. This could prevent anyone from being prosecuted under the Firearms Act. 'It's crazy,' says NDP MP Joe Comartin.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Nearly two million rifles and shotguns will be sold or transferred with no public record of the transactions at all in just the first two years of the Conservative government’s new long-gun regime, according to RCMP documents and statements from Public Safety Minister...

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