Critics have attacked the voluntary basis of the buyback program and the decision to delegate responsibility for banning handguns to municipalities. Many have said municipal bans would be difficult to enforce and some provinces, such as Ontario, have cast aside the idea already. The Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, a group that represents gun owners, has taken issue with the bill, arguing it's aimed at the wrong target and stating that the group would oppose any measures that lead to the "confiscation of legal guns from RCMP-vetted gun owners.
A Leger poll in March suggests two-thirds of Canadians favour stricter gun-control laws — and more than half believe they should include a mandatory buyback program for prohibited firearms, in line with the position taken by gun-control advocacy groups. With gun violence on the rise in major Canadian cities like Vancouver — or growing both more prevalent and more violent, as is the case in Toronto — it appears firearm legislation could be top-of-mind for voters heading to the polls. Heidi Rathjen, a member of the gun-control group PolySeSouvient and survivor of the Polytechnique massacre, said the Liberals' gun laws "sound good but hide incredibly weak, hollow, toothless measures.
PolySeSouvient said a voluntary buyback program would leave too many banned weapons in private hands, threatening public safety and making it easier for subsequent governments to reverse the ban. The organization is also pushing for a national handgun ban; it argues that local ones are generally ineffective, as the "disastrous patchwork of local and state laws" in the U.
Our border is literally full of holes … getting access [to guns] has never been easier in Canada than it has in the last four years," he said. Montreal's mayor recently called on the federal government to step up its security at provincial and international borders, echoing similar calls from mayors of cities throughout the Greater Toronto Area last year. It has argued the buyback program should be compulsory, saying it "completely misses the point" if it's not.
The Bloc supports universal registration of firearms and psychological testing for firearm owners. The Conservatives, on the other hand, strongly oppose a handgun ban and have promised to repeal Bill C, the Liberals' gun law that banned the use, sale and importation of more than 1, makes and models of guns — those the government referred to as military-grade, assault-style weapons. What kind of response did it get?
Instead, a lot of elected officials, including a lot of Democratic elected officials, acquiesced to the idea of an insurrectionary second amendment.
It has to do with protecting ourselves, our homes, our families and our country from tyranny. What are we going to do, have tanks on our own soil? The other thing is that this movement is really well armed. How significant are the numbers of US military members and police who personally believe in this insurrectionist idea themselves? This year, US military veterans and active duty service members have been charged in a number of violent plots , including some that were allegedly designed to spark a civil war.
There are some elements of law enforcement that are sympathetic to this. A lot are not, especially those in leadership. I have friends in the military, and, to many of them, this idea is complete anathema. But a lot of the demographics in the military are young white men who like guns. What shifts have you seen since in how insurrectionism is playing out? What he said about Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer was awful.
The number of ARs and high-capacity magazines and assault weapons they have should scare anybody. Are you worried that there could be a major insurrection against the US government? I worry that there will be efforts at intimidating election officials and voters.
I am much more concerned now about organized efforts to subvert elections, democratic power, courts. You issued a report focused on how states can ban gun-carrying at polling places.
Are you concerned about what could happen on election day itself? The NDP says it will support anti-gang initiatives and discourage violent extremism. The Liberal Party pledges to defend the gun control policies put in place since This promise responds to criticism that Bill C had proposed only a voluntary buy-back of these guns.
The Liberals also propose tightening the rules limiting the capacity of rifle magazines to five rounds. The Liberals have resurrected some ideas first proposed in Bill C in their platform.
Most notably, they promise funding to support provinces or territories that implemented handgun bans. And the party promises to increase punishments for some crimes involving firearms. The Conservatives also include proposals that respond to gun lobby complaints. This suggests that gun lobbyists and manufacturers would be consulted in shaping future firearms policy.
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