{"id":118631,"date":"2019-11-19T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=118631"},"modified":"2019-11-19T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:08:07","slug":"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/trudeau.gif\" alt=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" class=\"wp-image-118632\" \/><figcaption><em>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced criticism for (believe it or not) his failure to support a nationwide ban on handguns. (Photo: Justin Trudeau Facebook)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process to own a handgun in Canada is unbelievably onerous by American standards, but that isn\u2019t stopping Canadian officials from calling for a total, nationwide handgun ban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toronto Star, one of Canada\u2019s largest newspapers, published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/amp\/opinion\/editorials\/2019\/11\/17\/its-time-for-a-national-ban-on-owning-handguns.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">an editorial<\/a> this week urging the newly-elected Liberal government to pass the ban, arguing that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s pledge to allow cities to enact their own firearm laws doesn\u2019t go far enough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToronto\u2019s board of health has added its voice to a chorus\nof municipal governments, health professionals and advocacy groups calling for\na national ban on handguns,\u201d the editors claim. \u201cIt\u2019s time the Liberal\ngovernment listened.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto\u2019s Mayor John Tory backs the ban as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have asked, \u2018Why does anybody in Toronto need a handgun?\u2019 and I think that applies to other cities as well,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2019\/11\/12\/ban-handgun-sales-toronto-board-of-health-tells-ottawa.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said<\/a>. \u201cI think we have to wait now for the federal government to spell out what they meant and see. I would still prefer a national handgun ban because I think that&#8217;s a lot easier to administer and it doesn&#8217;t bring the provinces into it, I don\u2019t think, because it\u2019s within federal jurisdiction under criminal law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/toronto-shooting-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\">Toronto Mayor: \u2018Why does anyone\u2026 need to have a gun at all?\u2019<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The newspaper called the idea that a ban would punish legal\ngun owners \u201cludicrous.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think losing a child is punishment,\u201d Wendy Cukier,\npresident of the Coalition for Gun Control, said at a board of health meeting.\n\u201cFinding a new hobby is not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As in the United States, advocates of stricter gun control\nmeasures believe guns are the primary driver of gun-related crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe vector of the disease is the bullet. It is the gun,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2019\/11\/12\/ban-handgun-sales-toronto-board-of-health-tells-ottawa.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">said<\/a> Dr. Najma Ahmed, a trauma surgeon at St. Michael\u2019s Hospital and co-founder of the Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her group\u2019s \u201cpublic health\u201d approach to gun-related violence\nincludes solutions like banning the possession of all firearms nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/i-heard-a-man-being-murdered-and-no-one-could-do-anything-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\">I Heard A Man Being Murdered, And No One Could Do Anything About It<\/a> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toronto Board of Health\u2019s \u201cpublic health\u201d approach similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/app.toronto.ca\/tmmis\/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2019.HL11.1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">recommends<\/a> a nationwide ban on handguns and semi-automatic \u201cmilitary assault weapons\u201d along with an ammunition ban in the city of Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These recommendations come while <a href=\"https:\/\/thegunblog.ca\/2018\/07\/25\/how-to-buy-a-handgun-in-canada-regulatory-and-procedural-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"toronto-city-officials-nationwide-handgun-ban\" title=\"Toronto City Officials Call for Nationwide Handgun Ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the process to purchase, possess, and transport a handgun (opens in a new tab)\">the process to purchase, possess, and transport a handgun<\/a> already requires sixteen hours of class time, extensive background checks, membership in a shooting club (in some provinces), application for a license to own a handgun, firearm registration, application for a license to transport a firearm, and a requirement to store the handgun locked and unloaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A handgun ban has gained popularity as the gun-related crime rate has risen in Toronto and other Canadian cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The process to own a handgun in Canada is unbelievably 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