And a thank you to Unionist for the kind words. If nothing else hopefully I am providing the forums with some entertainment value.
It's obvious you put a lot of thought and effort in to your post HA.
I myself try and stay away from stats because I find people simply dismiss stats that are not supportive of their argument. A gun registry for 2 to 4 million dollars annually? That strikes me as quite the low ball, a million dollars doesn't go very far these days. Especialyl so when everyone tries to grab a piece of the pie if you know what I mean.
I think Servium touched on a great question. Why would one assault rifle be restricted and the same one basically not restricted? Gun control in Canada is a mess. It's important not to think that a firearm registry is a form of gun control.