One more nail in the coffin for LGR

The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has voted to report Bill C-19 unamended to the chamber. Bill C-19 removes the requirement to register non-restricted firearms, so-called “long guns”, and will require the destruction of all existing long gun registration information.The committee voted along party lines, with seven Conservatives voting to pass the legislation, and five Liberals voting against it.Various amendments were proposed by Liberal deputy chair Joan Fraser, including a requirement for businesses to keep records of transfers, and for individuals to be required to check purchaser’s licences with the Canadian Firearms Centre.The committee heard from witnesses over four days that provincial Chief Firearms Officers in many provinces already require business transfer records be kept, and that it is already a criminal offence to sell or transfer a firearm to an unlicenced person.Bill C-19 must now pass third reading in the Senate, which could happen as early as tomorrow, before receiving Royal Assent and becoming law.