Canada is going full steam ahead on a strict handgun law and a ban on buying, selling and possessing assault weapons.
Most owners of what Canada calls “military-style assault weapons” would be required to turn over their firearms to a government buyback program under legislation introduced on Monday, which would tighten the country’s already stringent control of firearms.
The Canadian government also announced new regulations that will ban the sale, purchase, importation or transfer of handguns. “We are capping the number of handguns in this country,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday.
The handgun sales ban and the proposed assault weapons law are the latest in a series of steps Mr. Trudeau has taken to restrict firearms since 22 people were killed in rural Nova Scotia by a gunman in 2020, in the deadliest rampage in the country’s history. The legislation, which could apply to tens of thousands of firearms, is expected to pass.
“As a government, as a society, we have a responsibility to act to prevent more tragedies,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters on Monday. He also said: “We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action, firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and more difficult to counter.”
Canada has no 2nd Amendment-style law in its Constitution, so getting away with this is much easier. It would be waste of time – and probably counter-productive — to try to go this far in this country. Justices Thomas, Alita and Co. are firmly in charge and would strike down most common-sense gun restrictions in this country.
But a guy can dream, can’t he?
