FL's source: The conservatives cite three reasons for the rollback: the cost, the large inventory or illegal guns from the US make the gun registry useless and “No methodologically sound study has found any important effect on homicide, suicide or violent crime rates from Canadian gun laws".
Just was posting on this on rkba board, relevant. First, there was a homicide/suicide study done in Canada by a 'gunnut' named langmann, which found gun control had, surprise surprise, no affect on homicide rates:
oct 2011: “No significant beneficial associations between firearms legislation and homicide or spousal homicide rates were found,” reads the abstract on the study, written by Caillin Langmann,.. himself a vocal foe of gun-control measures who has argued instead for enhanced social programs to combat the causes of gun violence. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/05/gun-control-homicide-rates-not-linked-study/
.... noted Dr. Langmann’s history of advocating against gun legislation. In 2010, he took a stand against a {physicians} resolution in support of the registry. “The gun registry has hurt and killed people,” wrote Dr. Langmann in a widely circulated May 2010 letter. Dr. Langmann’s Facebook page also notes his membership in the online groups for the National Rifle Association and “Against the Gun Registry.”
BUT: A Université de Montrèal study published in the Canadian Journal of Criminology and Justice similarly examined Canadian firearms homicide rates since 1974. The study also factored in external influences such as immigrant populations, the proportion of young men between the ages of 15 and 24 and the per-capita consumption of beer. That study, however, found that Canadian gun legislation was responsible for 5% to 10% drops in firearms homicides.
AND: Mr. Langmann’s study also does not cover suicide, which accounts for nearly 3/4 of all firearms-related deaths in Canada... a Quebec Institute of Health study found that male suicide rates declined notably following the introduction of firearms legislation. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/05/gun-control-homicide-rates-not-linked-study/
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