Canada's parliament will consider legislation that would stop people from importing, buying or selling handguns, as well as requiring rifle magazines to be permanently altered to never hold more than five rounds. Read more here:
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new gun control legislation which would put a freeze on handgun ownership.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday a proposed freeze on handgun ownership that would effectively ban their importation and sale, following recent mass shootings in the United States.
The government statistical agency reported last week that firearms-related violent crimes account for less than 3 per cent of all violent crimes in Canada. "People should be free to go to the park or to a birthday party without worrying about what might happen from a stray bullet. "We want to believe that today's announcement on gun violence is an urgent priority and not just another political stunt from this government, but there is a pattern of behaviour from the Liberals to only use gun violence as a means to score political points," he said in a statement."The real problem in this country is not the law-abiding firearms owners, who are heavily regulated, heavily licensed," John Brassard, minority leader in the House of Commons, told the CBC.