Is the long-gun registry a boondoggle?

If it wasn't a boondoggle before it certainly will be now that Stephen Harper and Vic Toews have decided to destroy all records collected over the last 16 years, not merely stop new registrations. Hell, I have difficulty bringing myself to throw away an old cell phone if it's still in working condition. They will happily consign one to two billion dollars of working system to the crematorium and then toast their victory.

It shows the hypocrisy of the initial accusation.

The ultimate irony is that getting rid of something that police forces across the country access thousands of times a day for their and our safety is being trashed by the Minister for Public Safety. Criminals must be laughing their heads off.