The Government of Canada is expanding the list of banned firearms to include hundreds of makes, models and variants, effective immediately.
Legal owners of these newly banned firearms will be granted amnesty from criminal liability while they take the necessary steps to comply before disposing of their firearms through a buyback program that has not yet been implemented.
The federal Liberal Party also intends to move forward with additional regulations and legislation in the coming days and months, according to government officials briefed to reporters.
Public Safety Minister Dominique LeBlanc made the announcement in Ottawa, along with Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, and Minister of Defense Bill Blair.
Prohibited firearms may not be sold, rented, or imported.
Specifically, today’s announcement includes “104 families of assault-style firearms, including .324 unique makes and models and their variants,” according to a briefing document.
The federal Liberal Party’s gun control announcement comes on the eve of the 35th anniversary of gun control. Ecole Polytechnique Massacre.
Prior to this report, the Canadian Firearms Rights Coalition had already criticized the measure for harming licensed gun owners while “doing nothing to make Canadians safer.” Ta.
The move builds on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s May 2020 announcement that the federal government was implementing coercive policies. Ban on more than 1,500 models and variations Examples of certain “assault-style” weapons used in mass shootings in Canada and abroad.
The ban does not completely outlaw these weapons, giving the government similar rights to current owners and retailers of these guns with certain time-limited amnesties, while authorities will Developed a compensation system.
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