Leitch pictured firing Walther P1 in fundraising email to her Conservative Party supporters, not a Nazi-era handgun, says gun owner

Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch promises 'a common sense approach to firearms regulation,' in email blast to her supporters.

Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch, pictured firing a 1972 Walther P1, not a Walther P38. Image courtesy of Kellie Leitch's email

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BY RACHEL AIELLO

March 28, 2017

OTTAWA—An email blast from Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch to supporters shows her firing a 1972 Walther P1, not what two national gun associations had identified as a Nazi-era semi-automatic weapon, a 9mm Walther P38, the owner of the gun told The Hill Times later Tuesd...

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