The Conservative government is making moves to privatize some of the functions of the Canadian Firearms Registration System.
Motion 439 — introduced by MP Cheryl Gallant — has the support of Bruce Grey Owen Sound MP Larry Miller.
That motion aims to eliminate costly duplication of having each province manage a separate bureaucracy to administer the firearms system.
Miller says law abiding sportsmen, hunters and farmers would benefit by having one set of rules, rather than the provincial patchwork that exists.
He adds that law enforcement professionals valuable time would be redirected away from paperwork to more useful tasks, like front-line policing.
Miller is critical of the Chief Firearms officer of Ontario and his interpretation of the laws.
For one thing, the Chief Firearms Officer says someone with a valid firearms licence and wants to take a legal handgun to a shooting range, must be invited there before getting a permit.
Motion 439 was introduced in the House of Commons April 15th.
Private members bills rarely get passed into law however.
