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 From: justaskmeforit@shaw.ca 
  
 Ladies Choice wrote: 
  
 >>But this has nothing to do with your statement that the registry revokes 
 >>licenses. It does not. 
 > 
 > 
 > How do you figure?  Seems to have everything to do with the registry aiding 
 in 
 > the process of revoking liscences.  When the courts revoke a liscence, the 
 > police now have the tool to make sure that a person who has had his lisence 
 > revoked, gets rid of ALL his guns. 
  
 Do you really think that is worth 2 billion dollars? The registry has 
 nothing to do with revoking licenses. Remember, the owner is licensed, 
 the gun is registered. 
  
 >>Again, the safety of the public would be far better served by 
 >>concentrating on criminals not firearms owners. I think you'll find that 
 >>criminals are responsible for a statistically higher amount of crime 
 >>than firearms owners. 
 > 
 > 
 > In fact, criminals are statistically responsible for ALL crime!  Circular 
 > arguments won't get you very far.. 
  
 My point exactly (I guess the tongue in cheek did not come across) 
 though many seem to think it is the gun owners who are responsible. 
  
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