Gun Policy News
Tories Used 'Every Trick in the Book' to Stall Police Gun Registry Report
1 March 2010
Toronto Star (Ontario), Editorial
As Parliament resumes sitting this week, among the issues on the order paper will be gun control – specifically, a private member's bill to abolish the long-gun registry. The bill passed second reading last fall by a vote of 164-137 as some Liberals and New Democrats joined the Conservatives in supporting it.
Critics of the long-gun registry insisted that it is of little use to the police and not worth maintaining. This argument was effectively rebutted in an RCMP... (GunPolicy.org)