Liberal Gun Control Bill to Become Law After Passing Senate
"Canadian lawmakers had an opportunity to here to enact legislation that would focus on the root causes of violence, mitigate gang crime and disrupt the flow of illegal guns across the border"
Epoch Times , Bio and Archives--December 15, 2023
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The Senate has voted 60–24 to pass Bill C-21, a piece of legislation that cements handgun restrictions into place, increases penalties on firearms traffickers, and implements new "red flag" provisions.
Bill C-21 aims to create an evergreen definition to ban firearms that discharge centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner, and which are designed to hold a magazine of six or more cartridges, which it refers to as "assault-style" firearms. The definition would only apply to firearms manufactured after the bill comes into force, and not impact current owners of these firearm types. ---More...
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