{"id":164405,"date":"2022-05-31T10:19:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=164405"},"modified":"2022-05-31T10:19:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:45:38","slug":"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada&#8217;s Gun Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you missed it: We introduced legislation earlier today that, if passed in Parliament, will further strengthen Canada\u2019s gun control laws. For more on what that means and why we\u2019re taking these steps, watch this video and click this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BYcdjI2mHe\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\">https:\/\/t.co\/BYcdjI2mHe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2slVfkm6gY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\">pic.twitter.com\/2slVfkm6gY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinTrudeau\/status\/1531447066999799808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\">May 31, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Canadian government announced this week that it is hoping to pass another sweeping package of gun control measures, including a national freeze on handgun ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne Canadian killed by gun violence is one too many,\u201d said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday, during the unveiling of what\u2019s known as \u201cBill C-21.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen all too well the tragic cost that gun violence has in our communities across the country. Today, we\u2019re proposing some of the strongest measures in Canadian history to keep guns out of our communities and build a safer future for everyone,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new measures include, per the<a href=\"https:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/news-releases\/2022\/05\/30\/further-strengthening-our-gun-control-laws\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\"> news release<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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.<\/li><li>Taking away the firearms licenses of those involved in acts of domestic violence or criminal harassment, such as stalking.<\/li><li>Fighting gun smuggling and trafficking by increasing criminal penalties, providing more tools for law enforcement to investigate firearms crimes, and strengthening border security measures.<\/li><li>Addressing intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, and self-harm involving firearms by creating a new \u201cred flag\u201d 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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Trudeau also said his administration would ban the sale and transfer of \u201clarge capacity magazines\u201d and require all long gun magazines to be \u201cpermanently altered so they can never hold more than five rounds.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-canada-gun-confiscation-in-the-coming-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\">Canada Gun Confiscation \u2018In the Coming Months\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The confiscation of certain black rifles and other long guns will start toward the end of this year, assuming the \u201cbuyback\u201d program becomes law. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The first AR-15s and other assault style firearms will start to be bought back by the end of this year,&#8221; said Canadian Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino on Monday. &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be hard, but we&#8217;re going to get it done.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trudeau banned over<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/canadian-firearms-official-blasts-trudeaus-draconian-gun-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\"> 1,500 firearms back in 2020<\/a>, as part of the prime minister\u2019s original crackdown on gun ownership.&nbsp; However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/trudeau-touts-gun-confiscation-as-part-of-liberal-partys-campaign-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"trudeau-announces-radical-changes-to-canadas-gun-laws\" title=\"Trudeau Announces Radical Changes to Canada's Gun Laws\">details of the \u201cbuyback\u201d program that was also introduced<\/a> at the time were never finalized.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that 150,000-200,000 firearms will be affected by the mandatory &#8220;buyback.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThose who currently own and operate handguns safely and store them safely are not at all targeted by this legislation,&quot; 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