Airsoft reps say government’s sweeping firearms legislation will ‘shutter this industry entirely’

The House Public Safety Committee, which began its study of Bill C-21 earlier in October, heard from its first external witnesses on Oct. 18.

Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino tabled Bill C-21 in the House on May 30, and introduced it at a press conference alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and many gun control advocates.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

October 19, 2022

Representatives of a recreational industry that uses lower velocity airguns to shoot pellets are calling on the government to amend its proposed gun control legislation to allow it to continue operating, but gun control advocates warn that some airguns can easily be m...

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