Original sentence: Criticism of this position and support for the registry have intensified in the wake of other school shootings at Dawson College and Virginia Tech.Stephen Harper's Conservative government has extended the deadline for gun registration and has enacted legislation waiving penalties for non-compliance on the grounds that mandatory enforcement would target shooters and hunters rather than criminals
Edited sentence: Criticism of this position and passionate, unyeilding support for the registry have intensified in the wake of other school shootings at Dawson College and Virginia Tech, where - it is pertinent to note - the posession of firearms had already been prohibited, legally disarming both the (law-breaking) killer and the law-abiding victims.Stephen Harper's Conservative government has recognized that the current Firearms Act is fundementally flawed, aware of the futility of ignoring criminal misuse while needlessly and wastefully attempting to track and control the law-abiding recreational user, has extended the deadline for gun registration and has enacted legislation waiving penalties for non-compliance on the grounds that mandatory enforcement would target shooters and hunters rather than criminals