Madam Speaker, I am presenting a petition signed by 100,000 Canadians. It is part of a 200,000 name petition that asks Parliament to ban the private ownership of handguns.
This petition was launched by Concordia University after four of its professors were murdered in 1992 with an easily obtained handgun.
The petition has been endorsed by 200 broadly based organizations, including the police, which come from all across Canada.
In the petition they state that the rights of society associated with the possession of handguns far outweigh any potential benefits derived from their possession.
This is a petition asking Parliament to ban the possession of handguns for private purposes.