Gun Policy News
Parliament Debates Tory MP's Bill to Scrap Canadian Gun Registry
28 September 2009
Winnipeg Free Press (Manitoba)
OTTAWA — Manitoba Conservative MP Candice Hoeppner took political hits from all three opposition parties Monday morning during opening debate on her bill to get rid of the national gun registry.
Hoeppner said her bill is necessary because the registry doesn't prevent gun crime and the funds spent on it would be better spent going after illegal weapons, including handguns smuggled in from the United States.
"It's primarily focusing on the wrong people," said... (GunPolicy.org)