OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
6:26 PM – Monday, December 9, 2024
Canadian authorities announced Thursday that the country will ban an additional 324 types of firearms. The Minister of Public Safety claimed that these firearms are “on the battlefield” and not in the hands of sport shooters or hunters.
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Additionally, Ottawa said it is working with the Ukrainian government to determine how weapons can be supplied to support the defense of Russia's war effort in Ukraine.
“Prime Minister Trudeau’s government launched a gun ban and confiscation program with no implementation plan in place. “They face increasing costs for not doing so,” the paper said. nraila.org.
The action comes after 1,500 firearm makes and models were banned in May 2020. By November of this year, that number had increased to nearly 2,000 as “new variants were identified,” officials said. Associated Press.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the latest ban on Thursday. This comes after gun control extremists expressed concern that the 2020 ban did not include enough assault-style rifles.
“This means these firearms can no longer be used,” LeBlanc said.
Defense Minister Bill Blair said Canada has already begun discussions with Ukrainian officials who have expressed interest in some weapons.
“Every bit of support we can offer the Ukrainian people is a step towards victory for them,” Blair said.
Additionally, the federal government claims it is currently working with police forces, states and territories on plans to buy illegal firearms from private owners. The recently announced regulations are consistent with the number of mass shootings in Canada, although mass shootings are less frequent in the country.th The anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique shooting in Montreal. The gunman killed 14 women before taking his own life.
Nevertheless, statistics from certain sources in Canada show that the country's very strict gun laws do not deter enough crimes and tragedies to make regulation worthwhile, and that criminals They argue that this is because there will always be a black market for weapons that can be obtained if needed. .
“Firearm-related violent crime will skyrocket in Canada in 2022” [and up] The report notes the increase is being driven by Ontario. Police in the state reported 4,791 violent gun crimes in 2022, an increase of 1,016 from the previous year, according to the data. This accounts for 70 per cent of the increase in cases across Canada. StatCan says Toronto is “particularly high,'' but nearly every city is seeing an increase in violent crimes involving firearms.'' CTV NewsThe Canadian Press.
Furthermore, the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think tank,[s] “Studies of government behavior…taxes, health care, Indigenous issues, education, economic freedom, energy, natural resources, the environment, etc.” argue that Canada is not as safe as officials claim.
“The population-adjusted incidence of property crimes (such as robbery, theft, and auto theft) is also currently higher in Canada than in the United States, with 2,491.0 crimes per 100,000 people in Canada in 2022, and 2,491.0 crimes per 100,000 people in 2014. This is an increase of 7.0 percent from 2017,'' it reported in November.
Canadian authorities have acknowledged that firearms illegally smuggled into Canada are often used by criminal networks operating within the country.
Meanwhile, opposition Conservative Party leader Pierre Poièvre called the announcement a “stunt” by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to punish “licensed, law-abiding hunters and sport shooters.” ”.
A list of newly banned firearms can be found here here.
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