Thread: Useing the firearms register

Originally Posted by Cyclops

That's not the end of your world.

I am pleased for you that it was an easy experience.

The end of the world may be when the - inevitable - leak of registry data occurs and your details and the details of your firearms is given/sold into criminal hands.

For those who think this won't happen remember it has happened with other police databases.
A leak is when not if.

To be fair, it's not just the registry that can create an information leak risk that we need to be aware about and be concerned about. A dealer's book being left out could result in the same thing if the wrong people get a look (or a shifty photo) at it. How many people have firearms related stickers on their vehicles or obviously hunting related stuff attached? Used to have a sign in book at one local range that was a standard visitor book that had a section for address in it. I never filled that slot in, but people did. And yes, the book got flogged... Park outside the local range or hunting club, in a vehicle registered to your home address? The main issue with the registry isn't the fact that a leak could occur - it's the scale of it if it does occur that is the risk. Plus the hassle factor of dealing with people that aren't firearms literate when you have things that aren't standard sporting firearms. Painful...