{"id":169783,"date":"2022-10-25T11:31:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T15:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=169783"},"modified":"2022-10-25T11:31:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T10:51:52","slug":"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun &#8216;Freeze&#8217; Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WATCH: Trudeau announce &#039;freeze&#039; on handgun sales\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKne_unGYn4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau <a href=\"https:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/news-releases\/2022\/10\/21\/freezing-market-handguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">announced<\/a> last week a national \u201cfreeze\u201d on the purchase, sale, and transfer of handguns. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Henceforth, law-abiding citizens will not be allowed to transport newly acquired firearms into the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCanadians have the right to feel safe in their homes, in their schools, and in their places of worship. With handgun violence increasing across Canada, it is our duty to take urgent action to remove these deadly weapons from our communities,\u201d said Trudeau last Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, we\u2019re keeping more guns out of our communities, and keeping our kids safe,\u201d he continued.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban on handguns comes on the heels of a sweeping federal ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/oh-canada-your-prime-minister-banned-your-guns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">on modern sporting rifles<\/a>, and both measures are part of a larger Liberal Party plan to restrict access to firearms in the name of \u201cpreventing gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/canadian-police-recover-downed-drone-hauling-handguns\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">Canadian Police Recover Downed Drone Hauling Handguns<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics of the ban have rightly pointed out that it is doomed to fail. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mainly because the majority of guns used in crime \u2014 roughly 85 percent \u2014 were illegally smuggled into the country from the U.S. and are possessed by criminals who refuse to obey the law. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is something the Trudeau administration is aware of.&nbsp; The Public Safety Ministry stated as much in a 2018 paper discussing gun violence:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The vast majority of owners of handguns and of other firearms in Canada lawfully abide by requirements, and most gun crimes are not committed with legally-owned firearms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As Lorrie Goldstein of the <a href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/opinion\/columnists\/goldstein-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-wont-freeze-illegal-handguns\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\"><em>Toronto Sun<\/em><\/a> added further, \u201cThe problem with freezing handgun sales, a national handgun ban, or allowing cities to ban handguns \u2014 all ideas the Trudeau government has floated since being elected in 2015 \u2014 is that they reduce focus on illegal handguns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Law-abiding citizens with registered handguns are not a threat to public safety.\u00a0 Yet, this is precisely who Trudeau is targeting with the ban. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If talking about the handgun prohibitions\/confiscations:<br \/><br \/>&#8211; Avoid using the Liberal \u201cfreeze\u201d gibberish.<br \/>&#8211; It\u2019s PROHIBITION on legal buying\/inheriting.<br \/>&#8211; It\u2019s the start of CONFISCATION.<br \/>&#8211; CRIMINALIZES government-licensed handgunners and stores.<br \/>&#8211; It ends the \u201clegal\u201d market only.<\/p>&mdash; TheGunBlog.ca (@TheGunBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGunBlog\/status\/1583447167347306497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">October 21, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p>Destroying the legal market for handguns has no impact on the black market for handguns, as our friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGunBlog\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">TheGunBlog.ca<\/a> observed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means gun smugglers will continue to flout the law to ensure that Canada\u2019s criminal element has all the guns they need to victimize (unarmed) citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canada doesn\u2019t have gun laws.<br \/><br \/>Canada has anti-gun laws.<br \/><br \/>\u2014<br \/>The entire legislative and regulatory regime is designed to criminalize and confiscate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIE1yljHaY\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-trudeaus-handgun-freeze-is-doomed-to-fail\" title=\"Why Trudeau\u2019s Handgun 'Freeze' Is Doomed to Fail\u00a0\">pic.twitter.com\/dIE1yljHaY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; 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