The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trinto announced yesterday plan to “Nationally suspended h Holding a handgun»following a series of recent shootings using firearms in the neighboring US.
This plan however will need to be approved by parliamentwhere Mr. Trinto’s Liberal Party is in the minority.
«We will submit a bill to implement a national freeze on pistol possession“, Said the Canadian Prime Minister during a press conference he gave, accompanied by special guests for the occasion relatives of victims of attacks using firearms.
«This means that it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transport or import pistols anywhere in Canada“, summed up.
Already, in Canada some 1,500 models of firearms have been banned after the April 2020 massacre – the worst in the history of the North American country – in Nova Scotia (23 dead).
The Minister of Public Security Marco Medicino estimates that there are about one million pistols in the country, many of which have been smuggled into the United States.
«Violence with the use of firearms is a complex problem“, Said Mr. Trinto, however,”after all, the calculation is actually very simple: the fewer weapons there are in our communities, the safer each of us is».
Mr Trinto made the announcement about a week after the massacre at a primary school in the small town of Uvalde, in the US state of Texas, where 19 children aged 9 to 11 and two teachers were killed by teen bullets. had bought – legally – an assault rifle.
The Canadian bill will also provide for it is prohibited to issue a firearms license anyone involved in incidents of domestic violence, as well as heavier penalties for arms trafficking. It will also stipulate that rifle cartridges will not be allowed to hold more than five bullets.
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