The deaths of four Mounties by an antisocial, police-hating individual should not lead to the reduction of civil liberties. The stolen vehicles and the marijuana plants were secondary to the murders carried out by a person with a history of aggression.

The gun-registry program has failed to protect Canadians in the past and will do nothing to stop criminals from owning and using firearms. The police have all the power they require to handle people like Jim Roszko. That is what emergency response teams are for.

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