A full listing of firearms that might be banned by an modification to federal Bill C-21 has been revealed.
The proposal, which focuses totally on semi-automatic shotguns and centrefire rifles, may criminalize tens of millions of searching firearms. It targets these “designed to accept a detachable cartridge magazine with a capacity greater than five cartridges of the type for which the firearm was originally designed.”
The modification has but to be voted on by the Liberal, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security. It was launched by committee member and Markham-Unionville MP Paul Chiang on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
The listing of firearms was revealed by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR), which filed an utility in federal courtroom to the firearm ban earlier this 12 months. Details on when the proposed ban would take impact or how it will be applied have will not be but out there.
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) has reached out to the federal government for extra info on the influence of the modification and can proceed to advocate concrete actions that can deal with gun crime whereas minimizing the influence on the searching neighborhood, Manager of Policy Mark Ryckman mentioned.
“Changes of this magnitude warrant the same level of critical analysis and debate in the political arena that has been given to other aspects of Bill C-21. Pushing these amendments without hearing evidence from Canadians is unacceptable,” he mentioned.
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