June 13/history

[more] What else happened today

1995 — The Canadian House of Commons passed Bill C-68, the Firearms Act, which demanded the licensing of all Canadian gun owners and the registration of all firearms in the hands of Canadians. 1999 — 57 year old John Paul Bardoscia, of St. Catharines, Ontario, was arrested and charged with unsafe storage of the firearms after exiting his home and leaving a firearm unattended on his coffee table ... while his house was on fire. 2006 — San Francisco Superior Court Judge James Warren struck down the most ironically named gun law in history..