Posted on 10/22/2022 6:42:12 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a freeze on handgun sales and transfers.
The handgun freeze, which went into effect Friday, outlaws sales, purchases and other transfers of handguns between individuals. Additionally, no foreign handguns may be brought into the country from abroad.
"Canadians have the right to feel safe in their homes, in their schools, and in their places of worship," Trudeau said in a statement on the freeze. "With handgun violence increasing across Canada, it is our duty to take urgent action to remove these deadly weapons from our communities. Today, we’re keeping more guns out of our communities, and keeping our kids safe."
The Prime Minister's Office released a document explaining Trudeau's thought process and the additional safety they hope to propagate via the handgun freeze.
"Fewer guns mean safer communities. That’s why the Government of Canada is implementing some of the strongest gun control measures in a generation," the office boasts on its website.
The statement continues, "Handguns are the weapon of choice in most firearm-related crimes, which is why limiting the number of handguns is a critical part of our plan to protect Canadians from gun violence."
Canadian officials cited handguns' outsized prominence in violent crime as the reason for the aggressive policies…
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Does he have the authority to ban the sale and transfer of firearms merely by issuing an edict?
I just thought I was looking forward to the range in a couple of hours. Now, I really am.
You can’t fix stupid. Now only the criminals will have guns. IDK why the Canadians are so passive. Trudeau is a petty, uninformed, girly man who cares nothing for the good of Canadians. He will posture as Canada freezes.
I don’t know for sure, but the little dick-tater has enough fellow World Economic Forum members on the Cabinet it doesn’t matter, they rubber stamp everything he does.
Fewer immigrants mean safer communities. Canada no longer looks like Canada.
I don’t know. Canada has a parliamentary system and I suspect that he does not have the authority except under certain conditions. But I would not put it past him to use the overextended covid “emergency” as an excuse.
Gun control laws only punish honest people with politically unpopular beliefs. That’s what they’re intended to do.
Newsflash: The world’s first murderer had no need for a gun. Trudeau lacks basic wisdom.
If our neighbors to the north tolerate this, they deserve the chains being shackled upon them.
We aren’t taking it here. Not ever.
Molon labe.
And how is he going to enforce sales in back alleys and private homes?
It should be labeled disproven, and disinformation and he should be called a gun safety denier.
This NWO fidiot is making it safer for the armed criminal thugs
CanaDUH! Why didn’t we think of that? We must be behind the curve huh? Oh, “hci”. Never mind............ You know sarah is smiling up from hell.
Trudeau doesn’t live in the Real World he lives in Klaus Schwab’s World Economic Forum (WEF) fantasy
I think his term is up soon. May Canada elect someone with common sense next time.
Rats! Canadian criminals foiled! What would Canada do without Fidel Jr?
I read on another site that handguns are not going to be inheritable. Anyone know if that’s legit? What happens when someone dies possessing handguns?
Freegards
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