Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure of sitting on the standing committee on agriculture with the member for Brandon—Souris. There are a few things we have disagreed on there.
The member knows me as an active farmer living in rural Canada. I am also a gun owner. I have black powder at home, shotguns, a 44-40, a .303 and a .22. I can go on. They are all properly stored and I have no problem with registration.
Some of the speakers on the other side have said that if we register these long guns in a very short period of time police officers are going to come into our homes and confiscate our firearms.
We have had registration of handguns since 1934. When the member for Brandon—Souris was mayor did he instruct his police force to go into homes of residents in that city and confiscate their handguns because he knew where they were, where they were registered? I think not.
I would like the member to think about this and comment on it. Registration is $10 for ten long guns or a thousand because it is not just restricted to ten. We tried to make this as economical as possible. In my opinion this is the cheapest insurance policy we are ever going to get. If someone stole my shotgun and they happened to be out in Manitoba and they were pulled over they would be asked about the ownership. Under the new law they will have to produce registration and ownership. I would get my shotgun back.