rolling back gun control in Canada

So there is talk of rolling back the gun registration program in Canada because it has had little effect on crime or mass shootings, but has instead been a costly and invasive system.

I wonder if we will hear a peep from mr. Moore about this?

I wish I had a better source than just an LJ post, but here it is:
http://community.livejournal.com/guns/1340720.html

What struck me was some of the statistics cited:

"Of the 5,194 homicides committed between 1997 and 2005 [in Canada], only 118, or 2.27%, were committed with a registered gun. Of the 5,194 homicides committed between 1997 and 2005, only 63, or 1.21%, were committed with a firearm registered to the accused murderer. Of the 5,194 homicides committed between 1997 and 2005, only 111, or 2.14%, were committed by a person who held a valid firearms licence. Of the two million licensed gun owners in Canada, only 111, that is 0.00555%, used their firearm to murder somebody."

"We have the highest homicide rate in nearly a decade. The firearm homicide rate is the same as it was 20 years ago. Sixty-six per cent of murders in 2005 were committed without a firearm; 58% of the firearms homicides were committed with handguns; 9% were committed with banned fully automatic firearms, sawed off rifles and shotguns; and only 30% of recovered firearms were registered."

"Sixty-four per cent of the accused murderers had a criminal record, 6% for homicide. [...] Seventy-three per cent of the accused murderers had been drinking or on drugs. Thirteen per cent of the accused murderers were mentally ill; 45% of the murders occurred while the accused were committing another crime; and 22% of murder victims were involved in illegal activities."

It's still pretty unlikely that they'll roll back the registration scheme, but it is interesting to note some of the results of Canada's experiment with gun registration.