Gun Policy News
Clear Majority of Canadian MPs Vote to Scrap Long Gun Registry
4 November 2009
CanWest News Service
OTTAWA — MPs voted by a clear margin Wednesday to repeal the federal long-gun registry, signalling for the first time since the program was adopted 14 years ago that it is headed for the scrap heap, despite police assertions that it saves lives.
A private member's bill, sponsored by Conservative backbencher Candice Hoeppner, had the backing of all the Tories, from Prime Minister Stephen Harper down, and enough Liberal and New Democrat MPs to clear its first major... (GunPolicy.org)