The bill to scrap the registry is fundamentally a protest against lawmakers who have forgotten that the purpose of the law is not to tell people how to live their lives, but to bridge differences. Just as the fox hunting ban in Britain became a rallying point for opposition to the former Labour government, even among people who didn't hunt, so the gun registry is becoming a symbol of out of touch legislators, even for people who don't own guns.
Read Original at: The National Post (Canada)