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Canadian PM Eyes Ban on ‘Assault-Style Weapons’ After Mass Shooting
Breitbart.com ^ | 4/22/2020 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 04/22/2020 11:19:14 AM PDT by rktman

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau promised a ban on “assault-style weapons,” following the hours-long shooting spree that lasted Saturday night through Sunday morning and left at least 18 dead in Nova Scotia.

Buzzfeed reported that the attacker, Gabriel Wortman, was allegedly “looking for a former significant other” when the killing spree began. He used “a replica police vehicle and what looked like a Royal Canadian Mounted Police uniform to pull over random drivers and execute them on the spot.”

The Press Democrat reported that authorities have yet to confirm that “assault-style weapons” were used in the attack, but Trudeau indicated he already intended to secure the ban. His efforts to do so had simply been delayed by the coronavirus outbreak.

Trudeau said, “I can say that we were on the verge of introducing legislation to ban assault-style weapons across this country. It was interrupted when the pandemic caused Parliament to be suspended, but we have every intention of moving forward on that measure, and potentially other measures, when Parliament returns.”

On April 20, 2020, Breitbart News reported that University of Sydney’s GunPolicy.org describes Canadian gun control as “restrictive.”

Those controls include in-depth background checks featuring third-party interviews, checks into criminal and mental backgrounds, and spousal interviews. The controls also include licensing requirements for gun owners, with semiautomatic firearms and handguns allowed to be owned under license only. Storage regulations for guns and ammunition are also set forth, among other things. And the right to keep and bear arms “is not guaranteed by law” in Canada.

Canadian authorities have yet to say how Wortman acquired his firearm(s).

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: canaduh; truedoh
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To: rktman

We 2nd Amendment supporters need to surrender and admit the totalitarian mass-murderer wannabes are right.

After all, once we had the courage to outlaw drugs the scourge of drug trafficking and addiction was vanquished.

It will be the same when we turn our guns over to them.

Bullets-first, of course.


41 posted on 04/22/2020 1:21:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The duty of a true patriot is to protect his country from its government." - Thomas Paine)
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To: rktman

Yes, and Criminal Canadians will obey the law, just like they do in Chicago. Right, Justine?


42 posted on 04/22/2020 1:23:49 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (WFLA's Jack Harris: Brooklyn is missing their village idiot. Right you are, Jack.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Yessir.


43 posted on 04/22/2020 1:31:35 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“So he stole the murder weapons from a cop?”

Since the Canadian cops can’t safeguard their guns from criminals, then the cops need to lose their guns. This especially applies to the Prime Minister’s security team.


44 posted on 04/22/2020 1:56:51 PM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: rktman
Justin Castreau must go.

He's Castro's son.

His mom was a known ho. Here she is with Castro:


45 posted on 04/22/2020 2:15:07 PM PDT by Bon mots
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To: rktman

Was he in a gun free zone?


46 posted on 04/22/2020 2:48:21 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (Congress is not made up of leaders however they are representatives of their voters.)
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To: rktman

It’s all for optics.


47 posted on 04/22/2020 3:51:11 PM PDT by simpson96
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