TORONTO -- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government introduced legislation Monday that would put a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns.The regulations to halt the growth of personally owned handguns is expected to be enacted this fall.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino called the legislation the most significant step Canada has taken in a generation. "In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege not a right," Blair said."This is a principal that differentiates ourselves from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south."
The government plans to fight gun smuggling and trafficking by increasing criminal penalties, providing more tools to investigate firearms crimes and strengthening border measures. Trudeau said increased funding already helped border officials double the amount of smuggled guns confiscated at the U.S. border.
The government said it will require rifle magazines to be permanently altered so they can never hold more than five rounds and will ban the sale and transfer of large-capacity magazines under the Criminal Code. The new measures are assured of passing in Canada's Parliament as the ruling Liberals and leftist opposition New Democrats have enough votes.
Someone has a set of balls to make more changes….our Republican Party lives their money and does not care about human life. Going to take something to rattle their cages before they change anything.
Because most criminal obtain guns legally, right?
He will be gone soon
So then more people just start buying more illegally. Turn good people into criminals
Great news for Canadians! Wish America would take action like other countries.
How will this affect the illegal gun sales?
While we sit in America and watch it crumble.
KUDOS to Justin. We here in the States SHOULD follow his lead.
The sissy boy was scared of the truckers so now he wants to take their guns away? It’s funny someone who has armed guards around him and his family 24/7 are telling his citizens that they have no right to arm and protect themselves! Such government overreach! Never happen here!
But they’ve already had a gun law?