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From: B. Thompson Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 1:52 AM
Subject: Why not register sex offenders?
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> From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Firearms Digest (E-mail)"
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 6:28 AM
> Subject: WHY NOT REGISTER CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS?
>
> NEWS RELEASE
> March 13, 2001
>
> For Immediate Release
> LIBERAL CHOICE OF REGISTRIES THREATENS THE MOST VULNERABLE IN
> SOCIETY
> "If law abiding gun owners have to register with the government,
> why not convicted sex offenders?"
> Ottawa - Today in the House of Commons, Garry Breitkreuz, MP
> For Yorkton-Melville, made a shocking comparison. "Will the
> government please explain to victims of sexual assault why they force
> law abiding
> gun owners to carry a photo ID but not convicted sex offenders?" asked
> Breitkreuz. "The Liberals, by their actions, demonstrate quite clearly
> that
> Protecting women and children is not one of their priorities." He made
> the comments while speaking in support of a Canadian Alliance motion
> calling
> on the government to implement a national sex offender registry.
> Referring to a government document titled: "Report to Federal,
> Provincial and
> Territorial Ministers on Information Systems on Sex Offenders Against
> Children and Other Vulnerable Groups," Breitkreuz outlined a number of
> Inconsistencies with respect to the Liberal's refusal to implement a sex
> offender
> registry.
>
> Liberal Excuse #1: A Sex Offender Registry would duplicate information
> That is already on CPIC. Breitkreuz's Response: Convicted sex offenders
>
> don't have to tell the government where they live. Law abiding gun
> owners
> can go to jail for up to two years if they don't report their address
> change.
> Liberal Excuse #2: A Sex Offender Registry would be expensive and
> difficult
> to administer. Breitkreuz's Response: The government has spent $600
> million
> keeping track of law-abiding gun owners and ZERO dollars keeping track
> of
> convicted sex offenders.
>
> Liberal Excuse #3: A Sex Offender Registry raises serious privacy
> concerns.
> Breitkreuz's Response: On February 16th, the Privacy Commissioner of
> Canada
> has raised three pages of privacy concerns about the gun registry.
> Why are the Liberals more concerned about the protecting the privacy of
> convicted sex offenders than they are about protecting the privacy of
> law
> abiding gun owners?
>
> Liberal Excuse #4: A Sex Offender Registry would be difficult to
> administer
> with regard to verification of identity. Breitkreuz's
> Response:
> The
> Liberals force every law abiding firearm owner to carry a photo ID card
> To verify their identity to police. Why not photo IDs for convicted sex
>
> offenders?
>
> Liberal Excuse #5: A Sex Offender Registry would be of limited value
> unless
> supported by a comprehensive screening process. Breitkreuz's Response:
> Every law abiding firearm owner in the country has to submit
> Themselves to comprehensive screening of their marital problems, common
> law
> relationships, financial difficulties, etc, etc - and these are people
> who haven't
> broken any law! Will the government please explain to victims of sexual
> assault,
> why comprehensive screening of convicted sex offenders is off limits?
>
> Liberal Excuse #6: Sex offenders are unlikely to comply with compulsory
> registration.
> Breitkreuz's Response:
> Law abiding gun owners were threatened with a number of Criminal Code
> offences
> and up ten years in jail for not complying with the gun registry. Why
> not threaten convicted
> sex offenders with ten years in jail for not complying and see how they
> respond?
>
> "The gun registry does nothing to protect women and children.
> It is simply a futile bureaucratic exercise to lay a piece of plastic
> beside
> some of the firearms in Canada - millions of guns will never be
> registered.
> Breitkreuz concluded, "In 1998, the Liberal government had a choice of
> Implementing a National Sex Offender Registry targeted at convicted
> criminals
> or proceeding with a gun registry targeted at law abiding citizens.
> Sadly
> for our children and the most vulnerable in society, they made the wrong
choice!"
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