Prince George-Peace River MP Bob Zimmer introduced a private members bill Monday meant to discourage the government from adopting a United Nations resolution regarding imported firearms.
The UN resolution includes a section asking each country to mark each firearm with an identification identifying the nation of import. All firearms imported into Canada would have to be marked with 'Canada' or 'CA', if the resolution was adopted in this country.
Current Canadian laws already require that all firearms be uniquely identified, including bearing a permanently marked serial number or unique firearms identification number.
"We have already seen how the wasteful and ineffective long-gun registry did nothing to stop crime," Zimmer said. "My concern is that implementing this resolution would create a back-door registry and my intention in tabling this motion is to ensure that any door that could re-open the long-gun registry remains firmly closed."
