There's quite a feud between whether the gun laws that have been proposed are needed or if things are perfectly fine as is.

There are many people including Cypress Hills-Grasslands Conservative MP David Anderson, who disagree with Bill C-71, Anderson stated in a release.

"Bill C-71 is nothing but another gun registry. It targets law-abiding gun owners demonstrating that the Justin Trudeau has given up on gangs and is ganging up on Canadians and the residents of Cypress Hills-Grasslands."

But Anderson is not the only one who thinks it's "just another gun registry," Greg Illerburn, member of the Swift Current Wildlife Federation said that the proposals are a "backdoor registry."

"Now before you can transfer a gun it's not good enough that they can show you a valid license, you have to phone in and ask permission from the federal government to do the transfer. The biggest problem with that is that they don't have enough people working there, they can't handle the call volume they got already, and there are no plans as near as I can tell to fix this problem and so you won't be able to get through to make these transfers," Illerburn went on to explain more. " The firearm center is only open from nine in the morning till five in the afternoon, they're not open in the evenings, they're not open on the weekends. So you won't be able to transfer a firearm for businesses that are open on weekends, gun fills won't be able to transfer firearms, it's a really big issue. It's just about red tape because there have been no issues with people transferring firearms with people that show them a valid PAL (Possession and Acquisition License)."

Public Safety Minister and Regina-Wascana MP Ralph Goodale had something very different to say about the proposal.

"It's completely false, it's ludicrous. There is nothing in this legislation that in any way recreates a federal long gun registry. That was very clear in the testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety that examined the legislation," Goodale continued. "They proposed an amendment that would specifically say 'nothing in this registration will ever be interpreted as the recreation of the federal long-gun registry.' That amendment was adopted unanimously in the committee and it's now a part of the law. So the allegation that there's anything like a registry here is just completely and utterly false."

Bill C-71 brings about some new things, including enhanced background checks, mandatory record keeping, authorization to transport, and the classifications of firearms.

With the mandatory record keeping, it's as simple as it's put. The Liberal government's plan is to have firearm retailers keep a record of all the firearms sales and inventories.

The Liberal government is also hoping to tighten up on the rules revolving around carrying firearms away from home. Licensed gun owners now must possess an authorization to transport (ATT) if they are wanting to travel with any restricted firearms. 

Regarding around the enhanced background checks, in each province, the chief of firearms officer will be conducting a background on anyone applying for their PAL (Possession and Aquisition License). Anyone wanting to own a firearm needs their PAL before they can legally purchase a firearm. The police will have to examine the person's entire life looking for potential problems, whereas right now they only have to look back at the persons previous five years.