Trudeau says firearms bill doesn’t target hunters as Carey Price, critics attack reforms | 24CA News

The federal authorities’s reforms of gun-control legal guidelines received’t take away rifles utilized by hunters, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned Tuesday as critics, together with Montreal Canadiens participant Carey Price, converse out towards the proposed adjustments.

A Liberal modification to Bill C-21, which is at present being studied by members of Parliament, would set out a regulatory ban on what the federal government calls “assault-style weapons” by placing an evergreen definition for such firearms into regulation.

The phrase “assault weapon” will not be at present a authorized time period and the automated weapons that the phrase usually refers to are already prohibited in Canada. The federal authorities, although, has ceaselessly used the time period assault or “assault-style” to explain weapons able to firing multiple shot in fast succession, even when they don’t seem to be automated firearms.

The modification to outline “assault-style” firearms in regulation has drawn criticism from firearms teams, some federal politicians, and Price. The hockey star posted an Instagram photograph on Saturday, displaying him with a what seems to be a looking rifle and a caption that learn partly: “I am not a criminal or a threat to society. What Justin Trudeau is trying to do is unjust.”

Trudeau, who was in Ottawa on Tuesday morning for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Big City Mayors’ Caucus, mentioned in his opening remarks that the federal authorities has no plans to ban firearms utilized by hunters.

“We’re not going after rifles and shotguns used by hunters and others in a law-abiding way, but we are going against those guns that are designed to kill the largest number of people in the smallest amount of time,” Trudeau mentioned.

“Those guns have no place in our communities across the country, and the federal government will continue to be strong on that as we move forward.”

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The federal authorities final month proposed amending its gun management invoice to outline what an “assault-style” weapon is. It features a clause that might ban any rifle or shotgun that would probably settle for {a magazine} with greater than 5 rounds.

It builds on a regulatory ban of greater than 1,500 fashions of what the federal government considers “assault-style” firearms final 12 months.

The proposed reforms have reopened the controversy about what firearms needs to be prohibited, restricted or non-restricted within the nation, and issues about whether or not the standards used to make these choices are being constantly utilized. That’s because of the truth the definition applies solely to some variations of sure fashions, relying on bore diameter and muzzle vitality.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has mentioned the modification unfairly targets hunters and farmers, whereas failing to handle the nation’s points with gun violence.

The federal NDP, which has partnered with the minority Liberals to move laws on shared pursuits, has voiced issues concerning the potential affect on hunters, notably those that are Indigenous. The Liberals want no less than one different get together to assist their laws with a purpose to move payments.

During query interval on Monday, Poilievre pressed the federal government on the proposed modification.

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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, who has beforehand accused the Conservatives of “fearmongering,” responded within the House of Commons by noting that Tuesday marked the thirty third anniversary of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, when a gunman killed 14 ladies on Dec. 6, 1989.

Earlier within the day, Mendicino blamed the Conservatives for sowing confusion amongst Canadians, suggesting Price could have fallen prey to it. Mendicino added it appeared the gun Price was holding within the photograph is authorized and would stay so below the federal government’s laws.

On Tuesday morning, Price defended his opinions on Bill C-21 in a press release, however apologized for taking a stance on the difficulty on the eve of the Polytechnique bloodbath.

“I think the people of Montreal know my heart and my character and know I would never intentionally cause pain to those impacted by gun violence,” he mentioned.

“Despite a previous statement released, I did in fact know about the tragedy. I have been a member of the Montreal community for 15 years and I understand the weight this day holds within the community.

“While I have no control over the timing of the amendment to Bill C-21 I stand by the opinions I’ve shared, I acknowledge that amplifying any conversation around this week may have upset some of those impacted most by the events here in 1989 and to them I apologize.”

Trudeau’s remarks on Tuesday echo these he made on Monday throughout an occasion, through which he mentioned the federal authorities is consulting Canadians on the record.

“We’re also continuing to move forward with significant measures to keep our community safe, whether it’s investing massively to strengthen our border measures against guns coming in illegally from the United States, but also moving forward with a national freeze on handguns,” he mentioned Tuesday.

“We’re also moving forward on banning assault-style weapons. We banned them a couple of years ago. We’re continuing to make sure that we get that list right.”

— with information from Global News’ Gloria Henriquez and The Canadian Press

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