The bill to end the long-gun registry is heading back to the House without changes after Conservatives shot down an NDP amendment that would have kept sniper rifles registered.
The House public safety committee went clause by clause through the bill and voted to send it back to the House of Commons without changes. It's one of the last steps for the bill before it proceeds to the Senate.
The committee's chair, Kevin Sorenson, will present the report Wednesday.
NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who has voted in the past to end the registry, said he can't support a bill that will allow more urban assault rifles into society. He pointed to examples of rifles that are not made for hunting.
NDP MP Jack Harris referred to the type of weapon as "bad, scary" guns, which are unrestricted but had been tracked through the long-gun registry. Harris argued they fall outside the realm of prohibited weapons but are still something that should be registered.
The House public safety committee went clause by clause through the bill and voted to send it back to the House of Commons without changes. It's one of the last steps for the bill before it proceeds to the Senate.
The committee's chair, Kevin Sorenson, will present the report Wednesday.
NDP MP Nathan Cullen, who has voted in the past to end the registry, said he can't support a bill that will allow more urban assault rifles into society. He pointed to examples of rifles that are not made for hunting.
NDP MP Jack Harris referred to the type of weapon as "bad, scary" guns, which are unrestricted but had been tracked through the long-gun registry. Harris argued they fall outside the realm of prohibited weapons but are still something that should be registered.