To the Editor,
Re: Gun licences, permits not enough, Letters, Jan. 19.
Is a firearm acquisition licence good enough? I guess it really depends on what you are trying to achieve.
If you want to maintain a bureaucracy and compile data of dubious use, then the long gun registry and the firearms act are good options.
There are so many rules, regulations and exceptions, only a lawyer can possibly make sense of it.
If you want to make your community a better place, I would think we would be better off investing in programs that can (and will) have a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable individuals. (Something a registration certificate can never hope to achieve).
To put things into perspective, the administrative cost of a single registration certificate is a little over $200. That same amount would probably house a distressed woman for a week at the Nanaimo Women’s Resources Society.
To me, the choice is simple.
Hope all is well on the west coast.
Michel Trahan
Verdun, QC
