Gun Registry..... Full of Holes

I haven't posted lately because I have been enjoying our beautiful weather. Love this global warming!

I am prompted to come in from the heat over the gun registry fiasco. This whole initiative has liberal greasy fingers all over it. Not only is the registry ill-conceived and useless, there has been apparent fraud in the costs incurred, contracts, etc. Here are my thoughts:

1. First of all, the data stated by commenters on blogs and supporters of the registry is false. According to police commenters on other sites, the 5000 hits a day that the registry is reported to receive is completely misleading. Apparently, when a police officer hits the database for a car license plate, for example, the database is checked in extension automatically. That means that any request into any system hits the registry as well whether it is gun related or not. I could go on and on regarding this misinformation but suffice it to say, the Auditor General stated that the registry data could not be trusted as accurate. The system is not working yet.
   
2. I heard someone quote that the last 6 or 7 police officers in Canada that were murdered were by long guns. Now, keep in mind, 4 of those police officers were in Mayerthorpe. Apparently, (I am using third hand information on this) the perpetrator of this crime had not registered his gun but he was also prohibited by the courts to use firearms. Surprise surprise. If this is true, it is not in the least bit surprising. Who really believes that criminals (the word implies that they are lawbreakers) will register their guns? Even if the criminal stole the gun from someone who had registered it, how would this information track down the criminal in the unlikely event that the criminal left it at the scene of the crime?
   
3. The original quote for implementing the registry was 2 million dollars. Now, in Information Systems, when considering a project, you usually multiply the time and cost expected by 2.5. How the heck did this end up at a billion dollars? The On-Time-On-Budget project management concept was blown out the window here. Canada is apparently seriously short on police. How many police could we have hired with this money? Wouldn't there be a more serious impact on crime with that investment?
4. Aside from all this, the cost overruns were hidden from parliament. Check out the auditor general report on the mismanagement and, I believe, serious fraud involved in this boondoggle. It is just another in the long line of liberal "How can I screw thee? Let me count the ways"

Speaking of screwing us, notice how we haven't seen much on the Adscam trials going on in our mainstream media? Guess they're too busy checking out Harper's fashion faux pas. One of the Group-action people testifying stated he feared for his life and was worried about a hunting accident in his living room. Wonder if liberal thugs register their hunting rifles.