Mr. Speaker, any poll that would be done of Canadians asking if they want effective gun control and if they are tired of money being wasted on gun control that does not work, I think they would agree with that.
Quoting editorialists is one thing. How about quoting some of the chiefs of police? The Calgary Police Association said today:
Wiping the slate clean and not making responsible gun owners into criminals is a good start.
The chief of police from Toronto said today:
--we know the gun problem in Toronto is overwhelmingly a problem of illegal handguns.
Gangsters who carry guns in the city of Toronto do not register those guns so any changes in the gun registry are not going to have a significant impact on our efforts to control the operation...
Let us quote the police officers who are doing the work.