With respect to statements made by the Minister of Justice in the House of Commons on February 16, 1995 (Hansard, pp. 9707-9709), how has universal gun registration: ( a ) reduced the number of deaths due to domestic violence; ( b ) reduced the number of suicides; ( c ) reduced the number of firearms accidents; ( d ) reduced the number of guns smuggled into Canada; ( e ) reduced the number of guns stolen; ( f ) reduced the number of guns traded on the black market; ( g ) reduced the number of legally imported guns that are sold illegally; ( h ) reduced the illegal acquisition and smuggling of ammunition; ( i ) improved compliance with safe storage laws; ( j ) increased the number of firearms seized as a result of enforcement of firearms prohibition orders; ( k ) improved the likelihood that the police will know where all the guns are; ( l ) affected the percentage of police who are in favour of universal firearms registration; ( m ) improved the accuracy of statistics regarding the number of guns and gun owners; and ( n ) been justified by the costs when compared to the benefits?
In the House of Commons on January 27th, 2003. See this statement in context.