Canada: Tories reject proposed changes to long-gun bill

The Conservatives refused to bite on amendments put forward by the NDP Tuesday on the bill to repeal the long gun registry.The Commons public safety committee has wrapped up its study of Bill C 19, which will be heading back to the House without changes despite the NDP's last ditch attempt to remedy what they see as serious problems with the proposed legislation.Two amendments were shot down by the Conservatives one would force the feds to table the costs of deleting the records, and the other would force the government to revisit which weapons are restricted in Canada.

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