Liberal handgun-ban study could put 2019 seats in play, but not enough to topple majority: strategists

Handguns are already so restricted, it might not have a real political impact, says ex-Tory staffer Jim Armour.

Bill Blair, the new minister of border security and organized crime reduction, has been tasked by the prime minister with studying banning handguns in Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

September 5, 2018

Firearms enthusiasts are vowing that the government’s examination of a nationwide handgun ban will cost the Liberals in the next election, but political strategists say they aren’t so sure the issue will be enough to boot them out of office in 2019. In his

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