Almost a yr after its introduction, MPs have handed a gun-control invoice that will cement restrictions on handguns, improve penalties for firearm trafficking and attempt to curb home made ghost weapons.
The laws, which now heads to the Senate, additionally features a ban on so-called “assault-style” firearms that will apply as soon as the invoice comes into drive.
The authorities invoice handed 207 to 113 with the assist of Liberal, NDP, Bloc Québécois and Green members of Parliament.
The Conservatives oppose the laws, saying it penalizes law-abiding firearm house owners as a substitute of concentrating on legal gun violence.
Objections from the Tories and a few gun house owners over the preliminary scope of the so-called “assault-style” gun ban sparked an uproar that sidelined the invoice for weeks.
Under a revamped method, the federal government would make laws by the Firearms Act to make sure that weapons are labeled appropriately earlier than coming into the Canadian market.
