division_name: Firearms (Amendment) Bill - Prohibition of small-calibre pistols
motion: <p>Considered in Committee [Progress, 16 June.] 
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   Question proposed [16 June], That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  <p>Question again proposed. 
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  I know some hon. Members believe that such an argument somehow denigrates people who own handguns. I am not attempting to do that. or to suggest that there will be massive growth in such illegal activity--but there will always be reaction to a prohibitive measure. All previous examples of prohibition show that subsequent reaction is likely. I am not associated with gun clubs, but I am--to use prohibition in America as an analogy--rather like a teetotaller who argues against prohibition because of its inherent dangers.
  <p>Question put: --
  <p>The Committee divided:  Ayes 352, Noes 167.
   