A fallout of the school shooting in Texas, US. Under the new regulation, it will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government introduced a legislation on Monday, May 30, that would impose a freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns, an AP report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
Under the new legislation, it will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada.
Canada already has plans to ban 1,500 types of military-style firearms and offer a mandatory buyback programme that will begin at the end of the year
Trudeau has long had plans to enact tougher gun laws but the introduction of the new measure comes after mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, NY, during the month of May
“We are capping the number of handguns in this country,” Trudeau said. “It will be illegal to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada,” the Prime Minister said.
The regulations to halt the growth of personally owned handguns is expected to be enacted this fall.
Canada already has plans to ban 1,500 types of military-style firearms and offer a mandatory buyback programme that will begin at the end of the year. It already expanded background checks.
Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair said Canada was very different from the United States.
“In Canada, gun ownership is a privilege not a right,” Blair said. “This is a principal that differentiates us from many other countries in the world, notably our colleagues and friends to the south. In Canada, guns are only intended to be used for hunting and sport purposes.”
Blair noted guns were often smuggled illegally from the US, which he noted has one of the largest small arms arsenals in the world.
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