Feds table bill to limit handguns, meanwhile, most Conservative leadership candidates say they would scrap Firearms Act and start over

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to introduce a number of new measures to combat gun crime, including the ban on new handguns on Monday. Conservative leadership candidates, meanwhile, are advocate for a gentler approach to legal gun ownership and toughness on crime.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a slew of new anti-gun measures, including a 'freeze' on buying of new handguns and stiffer sentences for gun crimes on Monday, May 30, 2022, on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY DENNIS KOVTUN

May 31, 2022

Prompted by the recent mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, the federal Liberals introduced a new gun control bill on Monday that would limit handguns in Canada. The new bill, C-21, will effectively prohibit any further circulation of handguns across the country. “We're introd...

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