The distinguished MPs commended the control arms movement that is going on in the country and reiterated that as parliamentarians their role is to legislate so that they can influence thought and practice with regard to solutions.
The parliamentarians pledged that they would create a core group of parliamentarians who will work together on issues of gun violence and work towards the creation of a national commission on small arms in this monsoon session of Parliament, starting July 2008.
A series of posters calling for an end to gun violence was released on the occasion by the Dr Thokchom Meinya. Later, India`s former ambassador to the United Nations, Arundhati Ghose released a book based on the proceedings of the February 6, 2008 conference on redrafting India`s gun laws.
The other distinguished speakers who spoke on the occasion included A Varatha Raja Perumal, Dr Bibhu Routray, Baban Prakash and Reena Mutum of the Manipuri Women Gun Survivors Network.