“The federal government is moving to freeze the sale of handguns in Canada as part of its latest effort to reform the country’s gun laws.” The reform plan is moving fast and could be implemented as soon as this fall.
The Trudeau government now has an advantage to ram through bills, given the anti-democratic Liberal-NDP pact that was signed to prop up Trudeau until 2025.
Trudeau brands his gun ban move as a safety issue: “Keeping Canadians safe is the Government of Canada’s top priority.”
That’s if you think he’s believable. His list of infractions that include ethics violations. Trudeau threw out a welcome mat for Islamic State jihadists, and continues a lax immigration policy that provides perfect opportunity for jihadists and the worst criminals to enter Canada, while screaming “racism” (along with his useful idiots) at anyone who asks questions. Yet he touts his commitment to keeping Canadians “safe.”
Trudeau habitually works the emotions of the Canadian population. Many are not even aware of the extent of illegal guns in the country. If someone plans to carry out a mass murder, which many mass murderers discuss before it actually happens, if they didn’t have access to a legal firearm, they will likely turn to the illegal market.
According to the President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Adam Palmer:
“People can’t be naive to the realities of how it works with organized crime and smuggling….There will always be an influx of guns from the United States into Canada… Heroin is illegal in Canada, too, but we have heroin in Canada.
Looking South of Canada, Washington, D.C. still has some of the strictest gun laws in the country, yet it is one of the most dangerous places in the country to live. People fire guns. Guns don’t fire themselves. Take for example, knife crime. It hit a scary record high as a knife offense was “reported every 11 minutes.”
With regard to handguns, the new measures include a complete freeze on buying, selling, and transferring handguns within the country and preventing anyone from bringing newly acquired handguns into Canada. Anyone involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking, will have their handguns taken away.
For a full report on what Trudeau is up to with handguns and a range of other firearms, see his government site HERE.
“Ottawa moves to ban handgun sales with sweeping new firearms control bill,” by Stephanie Levitz, Toronto Star, May 30, 2022:
OTTAWA—The federal government is moving to freeze the sale of handguns in Canada as part of its latest effort to reform the country’s gun laws.
The freeze could be implemented as early as this fall, and would prevent the purchase, sale, transfer or importation of handguns, though individuals who already legally own handguns could still use them.
“In other words, we’re capping the market for handguns,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday while announcing the new measures.
The freeze is part of Bill C-21, broad legislation tabled Monday that also revives elements of the government’s most recent legislative effort — also known as C-21 — to update gun laws.
That bill failed to pass before the 2021 election.
Provisions it included which were brought back in the new bill are red and yellow flags, which restrict access to firearms to those deemed to be a danger to themselves or others.
Individuals subject to a protection order or involved in an act of domestic violence or stalking could also face having their licences revoked.
The bill will also formalize a mandatory buyback program for anyone owning any of the 1,500 “assault-style” weapons rendered illegal by the Liberals back in 2020.
Previously, the buyback program was to be voluntary. It has yet to be put in place.
But the end of the sale of handguns to almost all Canadians is a marked departure from the last bill.
The Liberals had previously said the government would work with the provinces and municipalities to allow them to enact bylaws to ban handguns in specific locations.
But gun control advocates had urged the government to implement a national prohibition, rather than allowing for a patchwork of rules that would depend on the willingness of individual jurisdictions to act. Meanwhile, some provinces and cities pushed back against the idea.
That approach simply wasn’t the right “fit,” Trudeau said Monday, so the freeze is the chosen approach.
“This is a concrete and real national measure that will go a long way toward keeping Canadians safe,” he said.
While the freeze is part of the bill, the government tabled regulations Monday that could see it implemented before the law itself receives royal assent.
Government officials said the regulations are to ensure the freeze can be implemented swiftly to curb any possible run on the market while the bill itself is wending its way through Parliament.
The number of registered handguns in Canada increased by 71 per cent between 2010 and 2020, reaching approximately 1.1 million, according to federal statistics.
The text of the regulations was not public by the time of Monday’s briefing with officials.
In the information accompanying the release of the bill, the government said the freeze could be implemented by fall 2022.
Handguns are currently restricted firearms in Canada, meaning to own or use one legally, a licence is required, and getting one of those normally requires background checks and a safety training course.
Those opposed to further restrictions to gun ownership in Canada in turn point out that as a result of Canada’s highly regulated firearms system, the vast majority of guns are acquired and used in accordance with the law.
Any new measures criminalize people who are actually following the law as opposed to those using guns illegally to commit crimes, they argue, and don’t curb violence…….
Kenneth J Johnson says
You get what you pay for. Canadians had a chance to0 get rid of Treaudou, they passed. KEN
James says
You do know that because of the population size eastern canada counters all our votes in the west eh.
PRCS says
True.
Rarely says
In some democratic countries (most actually) owning a gun is a privilege, not a right. I suppose that might explain the much lower incidence of gun violence.
JOHN L SCHARF says
Despite the image showing the revolvers, the full intent was/is/will be to deny 9mm in particular because of their higher capacity. Personally, I conceal carry a magnum revolver at all times for public safety and national security
Every sane law-abiding citizen should be armed for public safety and national security.
All staff in schools should be sane law-abiding citizens.
If you are not ready and willing to undertake preventing
imminent and otherwise unavoidable danger of death or grave
bodily harm to the innocent, you do not deserve to be protected yourself.
JOHN L SCHARF says
ADDENDUM: I remind myself constantly – NOTHING SAYS NEVER AGAIN LIKE AN ARMED JEW. It is on my wristband. Get trained and armed. NOW.
gravenimage says
Canada: Trudeau bans handgun sales in sweeping firearms control legislation
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Not surprised–just another ‘opportunity’ to disarm the populace.