Gun Policy News
Liberals Soften on Canadian Gun Law, May 'Decriminalise' Lawbreaking
5 November 2009
Toronto Star (Ontario)
OTTAWA — In a surprising softening of Liberal policy, party leader Michael Ignatieff says penalties for violating requirements of the long-gun registry could be "decriminalized" as part of an effort to broaden its legitimacy in the eyes of rural Canadians.
Ignatieff's statement set the stage for a vote hours later in the House of Commons in which a majority of MPs voted, for the first time in 14 years, to give "approval in principle" to a bill to kill the long-gun... (GunPolicy.org)