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Arms Bill Debate: Gun Laws Tightened in 'Model Discussion'
7 July 2005
Times of Malta, Editorial
Last week's second reading debate on the Arms Bill should serve as a model of how discussions should be conducted in Parliament.
It was not a long debate, by local standards. Both sides of the House basically agreed with what was being proposed but then MPs expressed their own views on the Bill's strengths and weaknesses.
The large number of weapons held in Maltese households and the success in international shooting competitions by William Chetcuti were undoubtedly... (GunPolicy.org)