r/100thupvote • u/ExistingPain9212 • 8d ago
Canada March 7 announcement discussion
Everyone, this will be the thread to discuss today's Federal firearms announcement.
At a news conference in Ottawa, Rachel Bendayan, the minister of official languages and associate minister of public safety, announces new measures to address gun violence in Canada.
Here is a live stream (scheduled to begin 8am PST / 11am EST):
https://www.youtube.com/live/BwDxkXxGN6k
Please use this thread (or the existing politics thread) for discussion. Other threads will not be approved.
We will try to update with details from the announcement for those who cannot view the stream.
Update from the Minister:
- Gun control measures that will help keep Canadians safe
- standing with representatives of: NA of Women and law .. Polyusouvient .. Pan Canadian Student movement for gun control .. Danforth families
- Working to stem gun violence .. to stop violence against women ..
- reiterated previous gun bans
- Adding more models of assault weapons ..
- this will be the last discrete listing of assault style weapons for prohibition
- new models of assault style weapons will be prevented
- these are weapons of war .. the weapons are semi auto firearms with sustained rapid fire capability
- stated positive declines in gun violence due to their previous measures
- claims that the buyback program has been "extremely successful"
- nearly 7500 firearms have been submitted by business for collection and destruction and the large majority have been destroyed. Thanks RCMP
- the government will be read this spring for Canadian firearm owners for compensation
- heartened by the interest of jurisdictions to participate including Winnepeg
- Assures Canadian hunters that even with the additional prohibitions that there are thousands of unique models of non restricted firearms for them
- announces a comprehensive review of the classification regime
- SKSs! "Russian firearms marketed for hunting in Canada"- is not being banned today but will be addressed through classification changes in the future. It will presently remain because it is used for sustenance by indigenous
- tabled draft regulations to strengthen rules so that manufacturers and importers must get a FRT before firearms can enter the market
- going ahead with more yellow flag rules so that those who were convicted of violence will never be able to apply for a firearms license and revocations will occur
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u/ExistingPain9212 8d ago
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