This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.The office of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, seen here on Feb. 20, 2020, has called assault-style rifles 'military weapons designed to hunt people, and not animals, in the most efficient manner possible that maximizes the body count at minimum effort.'Wolverine Supplies, one of Canada’s largest independent gun retailers, celebrated Valentine’s Day with a risky product announcement.
“We’ve asked the government to freeze new sales until new measures are announced and implemented," said Heidi Rathjen, co-ordinator for Poly Remembers, a group launched in the wake of the 1989 École Polytechnique shooting to advocate for increased gun control. “The more of these guns in circulation, the greater the risk to public safety.
Ms. Rathjen says she was given indication that the government would start banning individual models by order in council last December. Now, the timing seems less certain. To further cloud the issue, the term “military-style assault rifle” is undefined in Canadian law. Many firearms enthusiasts insist it should only apply to military weapons capable of automatic fire, guns that have long been prohibited in Canada.
How disappointing, our Liberal minions must think ALL Canadians are as clueless as Liberal voters! TrudeauMustResign LiberalLiarsReformNeeded CrushGlobalism
They are tyrants. Confiscating LONG RIFLES (which criminals virtually NEVER USE IN CRIMES) from law abiding citizens won't stop criminals from using SMUGGLED/STOLEN HANDGUNS in violent crime. This Liberal government is tyrannical. They DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR SAFETY.
Why is G&M not talking about how few people have actually been hurt by this type of firearm in Canada ? If in 50 years there's only been one death by AR15 and the gov is being disingenuous in its attacks on gun owners, it is the journalists' job to keep them accountable.
More rifles coming to market. The word is rifles.
Oh boy I sure love being a law abiding punching bag for politicians that have nothing better to do
Hard to ban something prohibited 40 years ago but hey, more Liberal nonsense!
Meaningless. The criminal element won’t care.
More treason
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eamorris_ A former cop selling his soul.
Like hammers
Yeah. And
Trust the liberals to not arrest or prosecute the true criminals, but to make criminals out of law abiding citizens,Mathis farce of a govt must go
Be realistic. How many street shootings and gang related shootings involve legally registered guns?
Here you go. That’s a great price!
PlagueofProgs This should be fun. The Liberals plan to ban a type of firearm that actually doesn’t exist or a type of firearm that is 100% restricted to use by the Canadian Armed Forces. This should be fun to watch. Gonna need to make a lotta popcorn for this Gong Show 🍿 🍿 🍿
According to Toronto police, reported in the Globe, a handgun that retails for $500 in the US sells for $4,000 in Toronto. A recent seizure of guns would have netted a gang $200,000 in profit. What effect will outlawing guns have on gun violence? Ans: undetectable.
The only laws the fascist Liberal EcoTerrorist enablers enforce is the confiscation of Canadians legal firearms.BillBlair cndpoli
Tyranny never sleeps ---
Still no definition of Assault Rifle. Most militaries on the planet would say that in order to got the class of Assault Rifle it must have a fully automatic setting. These are already prohibited..Talk about putting the cart ahead of the pony.
BillBlair called assault-style rifles 'military weapons designed to hunt people, and not animals, in the most efficient manner possible that maximizes the body count at minimum effort.' Is that why the police forces have these firearms?
BillBlair and company are about to step into a quagmire of magnificent proportions. I wonder what the compliance rate will be 10% maybe less Not to mention gun owners have learned their lesson and will not go quietly into the night. Get ready Bill its gonna be a bumpy ride:)
I hope the first detail they ironed out was to define 'assault rifle'. Would be smart to define the thing you plan on banning.
With the economic crisis, the blockades, the COVID-19, regional separatists, you feel that taking guns from legal, law abiding citizens is your priority. Get real man.
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Assault weapons are already banned. Stop spreading lies.
If it applies to FN I’m for it. Otherwise it’s only going to effect law abiding enthusiasts.
Mais ils ne disent pas les détails comme le prix, qui en vends etc ....
While this Government dithers about on how to waste billions of tax payer money stealing legal guns, gangs and criminal thugs continue to commit grievous crimes with illegal guns. Your reporting is abysmal.
Moral of the story. Liberal hack politicians target legal gun owners and whip up their low information voters with tales of scarey 'assault rifles'.
You're a joke for even giving Poly a platform to spew this drivel.
This proposed ban of so called assault rifles (which the govt still can not provide a definition) would not have prevented a single gun murder last year. Non gun owners are being fooled at the expense of legal gun owners. ...while the illegal gun owners are laughing.
“This year will go down in history, for the first time a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient and the world will follow our lead into the future.” -Adolf Hitler 1935
You are repeating nonsense the government is spewing. They don’t understand or don’t care the items they are trying to ban are not military rifles. They are pandering for votes from the uninformed, by misleading Canadians and fearmongering where there is no public safety concern.
Bill Blair’s office called assault-style rifles “military weapons designed to hunt people, in the most efficient manner possible that maximizes the body count at minimum effort.” So this new rifle isn’t a concern then. Its a unique design, made exclusively for civilian use.
OH GOD, IT HAS A PISTOL GRIP!!!! 😱😱
What in tarnation?!
This does NOTHING to curb criminal gun use & the libtards know it. Millions of “climate refugees” from Somalia are scheduled to be invading Canada over the next 3 years.
I would never assault anyone with my rifles.. that's why God gave me 2 hands....
Am I in cloud nine? I thought handguns in urban areas are used. Crackdown on crime and invest in crackdown on the smuggling of guns from the USA. Oh yeah right, it’s assault rifles that persons dream of being used against politicians
Trudeau is the lunatic terrorist and we need to rid of him. He's gone completely loco!
Go ahead and ban them, I'm keeping mine.
Another ban. You mean another Billion Dollar boondoggle. Tax payers are going to pay dearly for this and it will not save a single life.
Guess legal firearms owners will have to use the same approach as the Indians are using fires train attacks and acting not like good citizens but terrorists for the liberals to stop Harassment of our rights .
Are you going to mention that assault rifles are already banned? We all know you certainly would of Andrew Scheer ever proposed this!
Libs can't find a good reason to outlaw ''scary looking'' rifles so far so they keep talking no walking.
Complete waste of time and resources further alienating the Trudeau government from the real world
The government is wasting time and money on a problem that doesn't exist. They used this in the election to divert attention away from Trudeaublackface. Canada does not have a gun problem.
It's not a ban. It's an undemocratic, tyrannical seizure of safe, legally owned property from the most highly vetted, lawful citizens in Canada that will have zero positive effect on public safety, and could actually endanger both citizens and law enforcement.