Conservative spin on destroying gun registry records ‘very ideological,’ similar to rhetoric coming from NRA in U.S.

'Listen, I’m a gun owner and the fact is that the underpinning of the entire message of the Conservatives is "Once we know where the guns are, they’re going to come and take your guns away," which is not at all part of the Canadian psyche or possibility,' says Liberal MP Justin Trudeau.

PARLIAMENT HILL—The Conservative government’s plan to scrap the federal long-gun registry and destroy its records has won banner headlines at the National Rifle Association of America, inspiring opposition MPs to compare the Conservative policy in Canada to right-wing U.S. lobbying t...

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