Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of '''assault-style''' firearms — effective immediately | CBC News
I'm trying to find the actual list/law to see what is banned-but I suspect that this won't be pretty and should indicate just how important this fall will be
The list should be in that article. According to a previous article:
According to a document obtained by Radio-Canada, the list includes:
- M16, M4, AR-10 and AR-15 rifles. Those styles were used in the Sandy Hook, New Zealand, Las Vegas and Orlando mass shootings. There are an estimated 83,572 in Canada.
- Ruger Mini-14s, the type of firearm used in the École Polytechnique shooting. There are an estimated 16,859 in Canada.
- Swiss Arms Classic Green carbines. There are an estimated 1,342 in Canada.
- M14 rifles, used in the Moncton shooting. There are an estimated 5,229 in Canada.
- Vz. 58 semi-automatic rifles, used in the Quebec City mosque shooting. There are an estimated 11,593 in Canada.
- CZ Scorpion EVO 3 carbines. There are an estimated 1,813 in Canada.
- Beretta CX4 Storm carbines, the type of firearm used in the Dawson College shooting. There are an estimated 1,513 in Canada.
- Sig Sauer MCX and Sig MPX carbines and pistols. There are an estimated 1,000 in Canada.
- Robinson Arms XCR rifles. There are an estimated 1,834 in Canada.
If you can stand reading through some of the 22,000+ comments (vastly more than any previous article on firearms issues) you can get a pretty good idea of the "interest" in the subject. Also quite evident that the "anti" side knows diddly-squat about either firearms, firearms owners or The Firearms Act, which just happens to be the advice given the Liberal govt. by its PR firm prior to the 2015 election. Intelligent debate is one thing, but trying to talk sense and fact at some of these people is like nailing jellyfish to a wall.
Quite possibly the Comments have been spiked with paid trolls from the antis, as in most similar cases to date, the pro gun side easily outnumbers the naysayers. Also, it appears that the CBC mods may have deleted a lot of the "most liked" pro comments, which is particularly despicable, esp. given some of the complete hogwash the antis have been spouting.
Trudeau has been yapping about this ever since he was elected, but has done nothing until now- when the worst shooting in Canadian history recently took place in Nova Scotia (by a madman dressed up as an RCMP officer in a restored RCMP cruiser killed 22 people). Actually, he had indicated doing so via an OIC (Order in Council- essentially bypassing democratic debate) a few months ago. But the recent massacre was a golden and reprehensible opportunity to cash in on a nation in mourning, despite that the NS shooter was not licenced and therefore had no legal access to any of his weapons. In other words, the event was irrelevant, except for the all-important political leverage. Since the Ecole Poly. massacre of 14 women in 1990, AFAIK fewer than that number - in 30 years - have been killed with semi-auto rifles, so there was no national emergency to justify an OIC. Trudeau was just sick and tired of debating it and has constantly been under pressure from a couple of incessant lunatic fringe groups to basically ban everything. They will be delilghted at this, as will criminals who won't be affected in the least.
The RCMP have been very cagey about exactly what he had (aside from the S&W 5906 he took from the officer he gunned down), although it appears there was a "military-style-assault rifle" of the type on the banned list. The mag. cap in Canada for semi-auto CF rifles is limited to 5 rounds, but of course that wouldn't apply to what he obtained illegally.
All in all, a despicable act of political procedural abuse without justification. No doubt handguns will be next...
Oh, and to add to the mystery/hypocrisy, Bill Blair, currently Minister of Publlc Safety, in his previous position in charge of Border Securiy, conducted a nation-wide "consultation" about gun issues last year, culminating in a report on Reducing Violent Crime, which stated, on page 2:
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.