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Canada: Battle heats up over gun registry

Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan, is under fire for sitting on a 2008 RCMP report on the Canadian Firearms Program, suggested staff at the national firearms registry are deliberately hiding information in order to ensure the registry's survival.

Read About It: The Toronto Star

Posted: 11/6/2009 9:17:09 AM

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