Joly’s intervention to ban handgun imports ‘a significant and creative measure,’ says gun control advocate

Canadian gun stores did roughly two years’ worth of business in eight weeks, says the editor of TheGunBlog.ca, who opposes the import ban.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is using her authority over import permits to ban the import of most handguns as of Aug. 19, as a stopgap measure until the government’s proposed regulations freezing the sale, transfer, and import of handguns can take effect in the fall.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

August 11, 2022

The government’s move to ban the import of most legal handguns as of Aug. 19 came as a surprise both to gun control advocates and to gun enthusiasts, but it is also a tacit acknowledgment of a boom in gun sales in Canada since the government’s May 30 announcement o...

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