Resolution Opposing the Present National Firearms Registry

WHEREAS The Council of the District of Houston is utterly appalled at the exorbitant cost of the National Firearms Registry, funded by taxpayers, and that the said Registry is ineffective in negating the illegal importation and subsequent use of firearms; AND WHEREAS these concerns are continuing, and the cost of the National Firearms Registry is still escalating: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of BC Municipalities urge the Government of Canada, through the Prime Minister: - to hire an independent outside investigator to report on the exorbitant cost of the present National Firearms Registry; and - implement an inquiry into the ineffectiveness of the present National Firearms Registry and find a resolution.