Why do we need to put it on ice?
There are two reasons.
First, we have never seen a strategy. We have never seen a cost benefit analysis of what this legislation will cost or how it will benefit our country. We have never seen the cost to benefit relationship. Until we see those things, it should be put on ice.
The other reason we should put it on ice is that this legislation alone is very divisive. Many times in the House we have heard reference to the way it divides urban and rural. It turns people who have never broken the law into lawbreakers, for example, duck hunters and long rifle owners. This is not questioning the handgun registry. This is questioning the long gun registry.
This legislation is not working. We have never seen a cost benefit analysis. It is time to scrap it.