Gun Policy News
Canadian Vote Moves Long Gun Registry Closer to Its Demise
4 November 2009
Sun Media (Canada)
OTTAWA — The gun registry has moved one critical step closer to its slow demise.
MPs voted 164-137 in favour of C-391, a private member's bill from Manitoba MP Candice Hoeppner to abolish the 14-year-old registry. Cheers of applause rippled through the House of Commons tonight after the vote passed with the support of 21 Liberal, NDP and independent MPs.
The vote means the bill has approval in principle of the House. It will go to committee for further study before... (GunPolicy.org)