Mr. Speaker, it is just the usual delaying tactics of the Reform Party. It is silly nonsense. It is typical of them.
The registration of firearms is required in five of eight states of Australia, in Belgium, Finland, France—except for selected sporting rifles—in Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland.
Of course all these people do not know any better, but they do ask for registration of firearms. They care for their sporting guns. They care for shooting. They care for hunting, but they do not mind registering their guns. They do not mind being licensed for holding guns because they believe it is better for the common safety of their population.
Compare this to the United States where a free-for-all has existed for years. Shooting and crime are rampant, no matter how many jails they build. They have more jails and more people to execute, but there is still more crime. They will not register their guns because of the force of the NRA and the right wing.
We do not want to be the same here. We do not want to fall into the same trap, to be on the side of the Reform Party and the National Firearms Association. Let them bring thousands here. We will not change our minds. We believe that the licensing and registration of firearms will serve the best interests for the safety of Canadians. It will also save human lives, which have no price.