Gun Registry Taxation in Canada

It is the belief of rural and agricultural districts of Canada, that any person who makes 80% or more of their income through agricultural means be given the right of exemption from the mandatory requirement of paying a tax to participate in the gun registry program.  With a significant number of rural gun owners who make up the Canadian population, this proposal to exempt  farmers from an unnecessary  tax would undoubtedly be a met with an overwhelming approval rating.  Although the shift in demographic population has gone from an agricultural one to that of an urban economy, the agricultural segment of our society still exists as the backbone for having built this country’s economic and value system, providing a history of ideals and endeavours which all individuals of your position as law makers have benefited from generously.   

 Gun ownership among Canada’s farmers is beyond any outside interest or hobby and tied directly into their means of living to curb predators on their land, mainly coyotes and wolves.  To tax this segment of the population for their guns is akin to taxing a baker for every oven they own.   Governments are entrusted to protect and ensure equal rights for its citizens without prejudice, by making money off of a farmers tools for purposes of bureaucracy is telling Canadians that you as a politician are more interested in generating tax revenue  for your own benefit than introducing and reviewing common sense laws for Canadians to abide by.  Canadian farmers, to whom you are ultimately accountable for these laws of taxation, recognize a tax grab when they see one to the point where two out of five farmers are willing to break this nonsense of a law and risk incarceration to have their day in court before a judge.  Of course the agriculture industry can see the sense in and does in fact support having a government which has an awareness as to the amount of firearms in circulation and who owns them, it is agreed upon that to tax a Canadian on the very tools he needs to do his job is simply for the benefit of a few individuals, rather than that of the people of Canada.  With 84% of gun related crimes being committed with unregistered guns, the other 16% being unpreventable passion crimes, is it really a just cause to tax citizens who are innocent until proven guilty?  You will get a resounding “no” from a measured 98% of all gun owners in the country.