OTTAWA — Most owners of what Canada calls “military-style assault weapons” would be required to turn over their firearms to a government buyback program under legislation introduced on Monday, which would tighten the country’s already stringent control of firearms.
The Canadian government also announced new regulations that will ban the sale, purchase, importation or transfer of handguns. “We are capping the number of handguns in this country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday.
The handgun sales ban and the proposed assault weapons law are the latest in a series of steps Mr. Trudeau has taken to restrict firearms since 22 people were killed in rural Nova Scotia by a gunman in 2020, in the deadliest rampage in the country’s history. The legislation, which could apply to tens of thousands of firearms, is expected to pass.
“As a government, as a society, we have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters on Monday. He also said: “We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and more difficult to counter.”
msnc13 on May 31st, 2022 at 01:19 UTC »
I'm a Canadian firearms owner. Alot of you have no idea how strict our regulations already are; the problem is not the legal RPAL holder who buys their stuff from a Cabela's. It's the Firearms being smuggled in illegally. This is not going to accomplish anything.
Affectionate_Tear689 on May 31st, 2022 at 00:00 UTC »
Semi automatic: Wooden stock - hunting rifle Black stock - assault style rifle
SideburnSundays on May 30th, 2022 at 23:48 UTC »
Aren’t these already heavily restricted in Canada with strict licensing and only a 5-round capacity?