A full record of firearms that will be banned by an modification to federal Invoice C-21 has been revealed.
The proposal, which focuses totally on semi-automatic shotguns and centrefire rifles, may criminalize thousands and thousands of looking firearms. It targets these “designed to simply accept a removable cartridge journal with a capability better than 5 cartridges of the kind for which the firearm was initially designed.”
The modification has but to be voted on by the Liberal, NDP, and Bloc Quebecois members of the Standing Committee on Public Security and Nationwide Safety. It was launched by committee member and Markham-Unionville MP Paul Chiang on Tuesday, Nov. 22.
The record of firearms was printed by the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR), which filed an utility in federal courtroom to the firearm ban earlier this 12 months. Particulars on when the proposed ban would take impact or how it might be carried out have aren’t but accessible.
The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) has reached out to the federal government for extra info on the affect of the modification and can proceed to suggest concrete actions that may handle gun crime whereas minimizing the affect on the looking neighborhood, Supervisor of Coverage Mark Ryckman mentioned.
“Modifications of this magnitude warrant the identical stage of essential evaluation and debate within the political enviornment that has been given to different elements of Invoice C-21. Pushing these amendments with out listening to proof from Canadians is unacceptable,” he mentioned.
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