After all this time, there's still no clear evidence the long gun registry has stemmed gun related crimes. The only certainty is that the registry has cost taxpayers at least $2 billion an astronomical figure given that the Liberals promised the registry would only cost an initial $2 million in start up spending. In a damning report in 2002, federal Auditor General Sheila Fraser found that program was not only costly, but excessively regulatory, overly complex and difficult for owners to comply with.
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