Monday, June 7, 2010

Gun-Bill Vote Expected


A private member’s bill to scrap the Federal long-gun registry has hit a snag.

A Commons Committee voted last week not to proceed with the bill.

Thunder Bay-Rainy River M-P John Rafferty it now comes down to a vote in the House.

"Well the bill isn't dead," says Rafferty. "What the committee is recommending is that it be dead but there is a procedural vote that will come probably this week on whether the bill can be killed or not."

The bill to scrap the registry passed second reading in the Commons when eight Liberals and 12 NDP MPs joined with the Conservatives to support the bill.