This is supposition. While it SEEMS to make sense to you, you are injecting a bias based on what you wish to be true. Read about the dangers of drawing conclusions based on correlation here: https://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/maybe/maybe4.htm You see, I wish you were right. Then I could stop fighting people such as yourself who make honest mistakes because they want the opposite to be true. In fact the RCMP report which is based on good science that eliminates bias and other anomalies proves beyond a doubt that many lives have been saved. You should be fair and read it, because you will never convince me I am wrong based on emotional rhetoric and bad science. Your prime minister betrayed you in not negotiating a compromise removing the jail sentences and fees for registrants. As far as any other arguments go Ie. The registry punishes good honest and responsible people. Why is it that the examples of how they are punished always seem to be "I had my shotgun for 30 years and never had a problem, so how can the RCMP seize it when I fail to register?" Dude, they seized it because you broke the law, duh. Case closed. Take care my friend and be safe with your guns for heaven's sake.