Mr. Speaker, for many years the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has been calling for the registration of all rifles and shotguns. It has been joined in that by the Canadian Police Association, health care workers, physicians. Hundreds of other associations across this country have been asking for registration of long arms. That is one the prospects we are considering as we assemble our proposals for gun regulation. If we do decide as a government to introduce it we will make clear the practical advantages we intend to achieve, including those identified by the police of this country.
In the House of Commons on October 26th, 1994. See this statement in context.