I want to be happy about King's announcement, but the fact is, I like the long gun registry. Let me explain before I incur the wrath of the usual suspects:
I went to the trouble of taking the Canadian test for acquiring a Possession and Acquisition Licence and then registered all the guns I might want to bring along on my Fall waterfowl/prairie gamebird trips to Saskatchewan. The long gun registration is rediculously easy and a marvel of bureaucratic efficiency.
Everyone else on my arrival plane has to present their temporary registration papers and hand over the %50 bucks while their gun is flyspecked by customs personnel to make sure there's no error in the serial number or something like that. Meanwhile, I present my P.A.L. and permanent registration card and walk right through with everyone thinking I must be some sort of VIP.
With the abolition of the long gun registry I'll be in line with all the other arriving hunters and get stuck with the fee/tax for bringing a gun into the Country. I'm thrilled to hear that common sense prevailed in Canada and that a foolish restraint on gun owners has been done away with, but I hope all the guys here in the USA understand that the time they took to get their PALs and register their guns is now about to be a waste....Geo
