Ten years of polling on Canada's Gun Registration Program

This is not quite going the way gun controllers would have predicted.

COMPAS – MAY 2004: 84% OPPOSED THE GUN REGISTRY:
• 47% OPPOSED BECAUSE: “It was an expensive election gimmick that didn’t keep guns from criminals but harmed farmers, who need guns to protect their livestock.”
• 37% OPPOSED BECAUSE: “It was a good idea at the time but it didn’t bring enough benefits to justify its billion dollar cost.”
Note: 1,579 telephone interviews. Accurate within 3% 19 times out of 20.

JMCK – APRIL 2004: 76.7% OPPOSED. Respondents agreed: “The government could better fight violent crime by scrapping the $1 billion gun registry and redirecting the money to other law enforcement priorities.”
Note: 1,586 telephone interviews. Accurate within 2.5% 19 times out of 20.

IPSOS-REID – FEBRUARY 2004: 52% OPPOSED. Respondents agreed: “that Paul Martin should get rid of Canada’s federal gun registry.”
Note: 1,055 telephone interviews. Accurate within 3.1% 19 times out of 20

JMCK – OCTOBER 2003: 52.7% OPPOSED. Respondents agreed: “The gun registry is badly organized and should be scrapped.”
Note: 1,018 telephone interviews. Accurate within 3.1% 19 times out of 20.

GALLUP – OCTOBER 2000: 26% OPPOSED: “the requirement that by law all firearms in Canada need to be registered with the federal government.”
Note: 1,011 telephone interviews. Accurate within 3.1% 19 times out of 20.

GALLUP – NOVEMBER 1994: 14% OPPOSED: “the requirement that by law all firearms in Canada need to be registered with the federal government.”