Scheer blast Trudeau’s assault-style weapons ban, calls it ‘lazy’ and ‘ineffective’

Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer blasted the Liberal plan to outlaw military-style weapons, saying his party wouldn't support a buy back program.

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54 comments

  1. when this mass shooting took place RCMP said a long gun and the other officers guns so how did assualt rifle come in to play

    1. @46336 34 and anyone that was in the military will tell you no one but police an DND have them . Given a choice I would rather be shot at by a c8 then a 303 Lee Enfield. But non gun owners just believe what’s told to them by political motivated midia and political crooks

    2. @Jim Dort considering the firearms listed vary massively on Calibers it’s safe to assume the list was created by those unaware of firearms specifications or function as well as not having a PAL or RPAL. Shotguns are still legal for now and a shotgun at close range is far more devastating than a AR15 or variants of the sort. Grandfathering looks to be in the works now due to the massive kickback from this OIC law being put into place. I have hopes that the current leadership will realise that Canadian arent the bad guys and criminals will always do illegal activity. I have already called my MP and will be calling Liberal MPs also to politely show my no support for this OIC.

    3. @bob campbell I think Alberta has the largest amount of gun owners. This will fuel separatist sentiment.

    1. Exactly- full automatics and large capacity magazines have been illegal for decades.

    2. Now that’s B.S……unless you add one word…I’ll let you figure it out…..anyhow..
      lets keep them out!….gov’t can stockpile them, and hand em out when the Americans want more land

  2. WHAT ABOUT THE 2 RCMP SHOOTING AT THE FIRE HALL WITH ASSUALT WEAPONS??? During the day while fire’s raging around them.

    1. Peter Pelly lol obviously our RCMP are inept idiots yeah I feel very safe in their hands .

  3. Assault rifles are banned already. Military use only.
    An assault rifle is a rifle that can go from semiautomatic to burst or automatic fire. They are banned and illegal

    1. @Jeff McMullan because it also includes law enforcement in that military clause….I dont think cops should have them either.

    2. not sure what was already banned, but this was passed today…
      “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced a ban on some 1,500 makes and models of military-grade “assault-style” weapons in Canada, effective immediately.

      Starting today, licensed gun owners will no longer be allowed to sell, transport, import or use these sorts of weapons in this country.”

  4. LOL that’s the first time I’ve heard anything about that guys guns being on that list….I cant even find out that guns they are!?

    1. Lol yea trudeau is such a dummy sometimes, he can pass laws all he wants but criminals dont follow laws it just means law abiding citizens cant buy them.

    2. @Armchairtourist All illegal guns were once legal. It takes time to weed them out tho after a ban. How many 20 year old Pontiacs do you see on the roads today?

  5. I understood that the military are the only ones who are allowed to have those weapons.

    1. christine mck no!Anybody legally or not legally,the shooting that happened in Nova Scotia were not legally owned or registered…just sayin

  6. We cannot stop the flow of cocaine, heroin and other drugs on the street… have you seen the size of 30+ kilos of any drug? If they can smuggle that they can smuggle a rocket launcher.

    1. Wrong it was a Great comment. Ignore the liberal moron who disagrees. They don’t like facts and reality.

  7. They keep saying that the guns aren’t used for hunting.. this is the farthest thing from the truth. These rifles are all used for hunting in Canada! Other than the ar15 which is the most used hunting rifle in the world but since it’s restricted in Canada we can’t hunt with it…

  8. For Trudeau too pass laws when the government is on lockdown is somethings a dictator would do.

  9. Global News only surveyed 2400 Canadians in only 5 major cities. These numbers are bunk.

  10. There is one thing that all these mass shooting have in common MENTAL HEALTH NO GUN USE A VAN ITS MENTAL HEALTH

  11. it is illegal to put a bill like this through without parliaments vote, for a minority government!!!!

  12. SCHEER IS SO WEAK OMG, trudeau will continue to strip away at canadians’ rights and Scheer will continue to provide meek, meandering responses

    1. Jack Shepard What do you propose he do? The NDP Bloc and Greens vote with Trudeau,Scheer’s hands are tied!

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