Gun rights groups targeting Senators, MP offices with summer firearms bill campaigns

One group promises to ‘flood’ MP offices with complaints about Bill C-71, while another says it is ‘already hearing from nervous Liberals.’

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is the sponsor of gun safety bill C-71, and has devoted considerable time and energy to countering negative messaging about the bill from its opponents. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

July 16, 2018

Gun rights groups and the Conservative Party will continue to put pressure on Liberal MPs and the government over gun safety Bill C-71 this summer, using online campaigns and volunteers to try to “flood” MP offices with calls and emails.

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