Registry

23. September 2010 | 00:51

Registry gives people the illusion of security

Re: Medical professionals see gun registry as preventative medicine, news, Sept. 16 I wish to respond to some of the comments by Dr. Mann regarding long gun registration. She claims that continuing the long gun registry “would go a long way to reducing the number of deaths from suicides.” (News Source: Stratford City Gazette - 16:15:54)

Gun registry survives make-or-break Commons vote

The federal gun registry has survived a critical vote in the House of Commons by a very narrow margin. (News Source: Canada.com - 22:44:09)

Gun registry survives: MPs vote to kill Tory bill to scrap the program

OTTAWA - The gun registry narrowly survived a critical test today as MPs voted 153-151 to kill a Conservative bill to scrap the program. (News Source: Kitchener - Waterloo Record - 22:22:31)

Gun registry survives critical vote

The gun registry has survived a critical vote in the House of Commons. MPs voted 153-151 Wednesday to kill a Conservative bill to scrap the program. but MP’s are warning the issue is far from dead. The Tories say they will make the gun registry a key issue in the next election campaign. They plan to target MPs in rural ridings who changed their votes after saying they w… (News Source: AM770 CHQR - 22:19:41)

Gun Registry Survives

The gun registry has survived a critical vote. But just barely. MPs voted 153-151 Wednesday to kill a Conservative bill to scrap the program. The result takes the hot-button issue off the legislative table for this session, but it’s a long way from dead. (News Source: CJOB News First - 22:15:46)

Gun registry survives Commons vote

MPs have voted 153-151 to save the gun registry, with enough New Democrat MPs voting with the Liberals and Bloc to scrap a bill aimed at killing the program. (News Source: CBC.ca - 22:30:39)

Gun registry’s price was not as advertised

The long-gun registry is being portrayed as virtually free for taxpayers. It’s not (News Source: The Globe and Mail - 07:17:50)

Gun registry stays put - WHAT DO YOU THINK?

OTTAWA - It came down to two votes, but the opposition parties have saved the controversial long-gun registry for now. Wednesday night, opposition MPs threw out a Tory backbencher’s bill to scrap the registry by a vote of 153 to 151.[…] (News Source: The Sudbury Star - 22:45:55)

Time for gun registry to finally be killed off (DO YOU AGREE WITH THE GUN REGISTRY?)

Whether the long-gun registry is shot down in the Commons today, or squeaks through to blight another day, it will be a win-win for Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the lead-up to an election.[…] (News Source: The Brantford Expositor - 14:36:28)

Registry offers little bang for its buck: Finley

Constituents have fired a clear message about the long-gun registry, says local MP Diane Finley. It is a pricy program that delivers little bang for its buck in halting criminals.[…] (News Source: The Simcoe Reformer - 11:55:49)

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