We can rely on the politicians to do right by us.

FALSE WITH ONE RESERVATION. The federal Liberals, the Bloc, the NDP and the Ontario Liberals have clung to their anti-firearms ownership stance in the face of overwhelming evidence that gun registration has not and will not result in a safer society. They have chosen the cheap and easy solution of being seen to do something as preferable to taking proven steps to decrease street crime through the provision of more policing resources where they are needed, better control at our borders to stop the importation of handguns from abroad and social programs aimed at drying up the source of gang recruitment.

The Conservative Party of Canada is the only party that has had the integrity to stand up and publicly condemn the gun registry, in its present form, as a failure and a waste of precious tax dollars. Their position will require further education of the general public as to the correctness of their stand. They are the only party that has acted in the public's best interest in this matter.

Liberal Party gun control legislation is based on fact.

FALSE. The anti-firearms ownership lobby live in a state of denial and have a blind faith that is akin to religion. Their rhetoric is characterized by scare mongering, propaganda and the frequent quotation of anonymous police sources. They totally ignore the failure of gun bans in other countries like the U.K. and Australia while at the same time making outrageous claims of success. They ignore examples of low crime in countries like Switzerland that has a much higher per capita ownership of firearms than Canada. They often quote the Chiefs of Police Assoc. as supporting the gun registry but ignore the fact that police from all levels and services have said the gun registry is unreliable and incomplete or erroneous thus rendering it dangerous to rely upon. There is not one example of the registry solving a crime!

Liberal Party gun control legislation is based on proven science.

FALSE. The Firearms Act and Regulations were a knee jerk reaction to the publics horror over the Montreal massacre. The legislation was hurredley framed with no significant input from the sport shooting community. The legislation made grand claims for results that have not been realized. Costs are out of control with the current cost being in excess of two billion dollars and climbing.

The Gun Registry is worth it if it saves one life.

FALSE. For two billion dollars we have a program with no PROVABLE results. There is no positive cost/benefit analysis to prove this contention. This fact is contrary to the Liberal government's own approved Treasury Board requirements.

The Gun Registry saves lives.

FALSE. Statistics Canada numbers do not support such a claim. Nor has it been proven in any other venue.

Firearms registration was a Liberal Party initiative in 1995..

FALSE. There has been registration of handguns in Canada since 1934.

Firearms owners are against Gun Control.

FALSE Firearms owners and sport shooting associations have generally welcomed the tightening up of licensing requirements, better training standards and better storage and handling standards.