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As Quebec’s firearms registry remains largely empty just weeks before the deadline to register hunting rifles and shotguns, a firearms control group wants the Legault government to become more forceful about making sure gun owners obey the law.

The group PolySeSouvient has commissioned a poll that suggests most Quebecers want the registry regulations to be enforced, including the articles that call for those who disobey them to be fined.

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The group — composed of students and graduates of École Polytechnique who promote gun control — argues that if Quebec follows the law to the letter and imposes $500 to $5,000 fines on those who don’t register their weapons, a boycott movement led by anti-registry factions will collapse.

“We’re pretty certain that the majority of participants (in the registry boycott) don’t intend to pay $500 for each unregistered weapon, but are counting on the weakness or fear of the government, and the fact it will fold at the last minute and say the fines don’t apply,” said PolySeSouvient co-ordinator Heidi Rathjen.