Conservative Canadians are hoping to restore some sanity to the country when it comes to gun control and crime control.

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper laid out his law and order platform Tuesday, vowing to scrap the problem-plagued gun registry and crack down hard on criminals by getting rid of the faint hope clause that allows offenders serving a life sentence to apply for parole after 15 years.

Harper said he will be able to pay for his plan by cancelling the billion-dollar gun registry because the move would free up between $25 million and $100 million each year.

Keep in mind that the gun registry was only supposed to cost $2 Million. That estimate has been revised, and the registry is now said to cost $1 Billion by the end of 2004. That the conservatives already have the money earmarked for future spending isn't very comforting, but at least they aren't throwing it away on a registration database that several Canadian provinces have said they will not even enforce. Spending the money on keeping lifers behind bars sounds like a wonderful idea. Lets hope the Canadian voters are smart enough to support it.