CANADA’S GUN REGISTRY USED AS ‘USEFUL’ EXAMPLE BY NEW ZEALAND POLICE

EXCERPT: This week Police Association president Chris Cahill claimed Canadian “police officers” check registers (a gun registry remains for restricted weapons) about 11,000 times a day. “That gives you an idea of how useful it can be,” he reportedly said. In reality, police computer systems trigger automatic registry searches thousands of times daily, usually in relation to routine policing like traffic stops. In 2006, Canada’s then auditor general Sheila Fraser called such hits “an activity indicator [rather] than an indicator of effectiveness.” Column by Kate MacNamara www.stuff.co.nz July 25, 2019 READ THE REST: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/114472787/plan-to-tighter-gun-laws-to-cost-up-to-53m-over-10-years–stuart-nash-says

MP GARRY BREITKREUZ FIREARMS FACTS UPDATE MAY 31, 2006
AUDITOR GENERAL: 5,000 HITS A DAY AN INDICATOR OF ACTIVITY – NOT EFFECTIVENESS
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