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The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
View: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1531385100394446849?s=21&t=kBM6c1Gyf4drg7rXnWAPww
Full text of the bill “Bill C-21”:
NOTE: this bill isn’t law yet but Trudeau has the votes via his Liberal + NDP coalition to have made law quickly. No reason to think this won’t be law in a matter of days/weeks at most.
From the Castro Jr website (https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2022/05/30/further-strengthening-our-gun-control-laws):
These new measures include:
View: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1531385100394446849?s=21&t=kBM6c1Gyf4drg7rXnWAPww
Full text of the bill “Bill C-21”:
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-21 (44-1) - First Reading - An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) - Parliament of Canada
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-21 (44-1) - First Reading - An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
NOTE: this bill isn’t law yet but Trudeau has the votes via his Liberal + NDP coalition to have made law quickly. No reason to think this won’t be law in a matter of days/weeks at most.
From the Castro Jr website (https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2022/05/30/further-strengthening-our-gun-control-laws):
These new measures include:
- Implementing a national freeze on handguns to prevent individuals from bringing newly acquired handguns into Canada and from buying, selling, and transferring handguns within the country.
- Taking away the firearms licenses of those involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.
- Fighting gun smuggling and trafficking by increasing criminal penalties, providing more tools for law enforcement to investigate firearms crimes, and strengthening border security measures.
- Addressing intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, and self-harm involving firearms bycreating a new “red flag” law that would enable courts to require that individuals considered a danger to themselves or others surrender their firearms to law enforcement, while protecting the safety of the individual applying to the red flag process, including by protecting their identity. In addition, the government will invest $6.6 million to help raise awareness of the new law and provide supports to vulnerable and marginalized groups to navigate the provisions.
Quick Facts
- To ensure the national freeze on handguns can be implemented swiftly, the Minister of Public Safety has already tabled regulatory amendments in both the House of Commons and the Senate. These regulations will help stop the growth of personally owned handguns in Canada and are expected to come into force in Fall 2022.
- In 2020, the Prime Minister announced the ban of over 1,500 models and variants of assault-style firearms. A buyback program will be introduced to offer fair compensation to affected owners and businesses.
- Going forward, we will also ensure military-style assault weapons are automatically prohibited when they enter the market. We will continue working to ensure any new weapons that fit the definition of assault-style weapon are captured.
- Earlier this year, the government announced an investment of $250 million through the Building Safer Communities Fund (BSCF) to help communities across the country prevent gun and gang violence by tackling its root causes, particularly for at-risk children.
- Budget 2021 provided more than $312 million in new funding to increase firearms tracing capacity and implement stronger border control measures to fight gun smuggling and trafficking. Law enforcement agencies seized more than double the number of firearms at the border in 2021, compared to 2020, which is also the highest number of firearms seized in recent years.
- The number of registered handguns in Canada increased by 71 per cent between 2010 and 2020, reaching approximately 1.1 million. Handguns were the most serious weapon present in the majority of firearm-related violent crimes (59 per cent) between 2009 and 2020.
- In 2018, firearms were present in over 600 intimate partner violence incidents in Canada. Victims of intimate partner violence are approximately five times more likely to be killed when a firearm is present in the home.
Associated Links
- Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms)
- Prime Minister announces ban on assault-style firearms
- Government takes action to prevent gun violence with $250 million Building Safer Communities Fund
- Homicide in Canada, 2020
- Trends in firearm-related violence crime in Canada, 2009 to 2020
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