Federal regulations aimed at capping the number of handguns in Canada took effect Friday amid concerns from firearm-control advocates that MPs will weaken the effect through changes to accompanying legislation.
"We have frozen the market for handguns in this country," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. "This is one of the strongest actions we've taken on gun violence in a generation."
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Keyword legal. This guy is fostering illegal activities in the guise of safety.
Worst thing happens to that nice country.
Hope he informs the criminals of this law
The criminals will still get their guns with no worries of repercussions.
@Chris Menz 3d printers get better every day
Fixes absolutely nothing
“We’re not coming for your guns”.
Your hand guns and i agree
Nothing like solving a problem you don’t have.
Glad I didn’t live there.
So only criminals and some police will have guns. 👌👏👏👏
I’m a lefty and what Trudeau has done here will not solve anything. Political virtue signalling.
Lefties don’t disagree with this unless they just think they are lefties.
His security should give up guns too
100%
Still doesn’t reduce criminals who have no capacity to buy legally from the start
Because criminals always register their guns .
From a guy that uses Cardboard water bottles thingys ,omg we are in a serious mess .
well all our problems are solved, as long as the criminals get the memo.
Hey, Justin, when is your private security giving up their guns?
Um what about sports shooting or shooting ranges??? Dude just killed an entire sport. The stats show gun crimes are almost exclusively committed with illegal firearms. Not legal registered ones 😢
The sweet smell of pointlessness…
fool. You have destroyed a perfectly safe industry enjoyed by thousands of wonderful Canadians in sport, restricted to a range and used safely. AND DONE NOTHING TO CURB CRIMINAL USE OF THEM.
Time will tell how this is a mistake
Ok..What about the right to bear arms? It was supposed to be the people’s right in case the government becomes overbearing and tyrannical. That’s what it’s for.
Fortunately there were record sales leading up to this date.