The Canadian prime minister said he hasn’t excluded the possibility of banning them outright. The federal government is considering adopting measures that would see tighter controls applied to handguns and assault weapons, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. In a radio interview with 98.5FM in Montréal, the prime […]
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Sixteen student associations demand Trudeau tighten gun control
Sixteen Canadian student associations are demanding that the Trudeau government ban the sale of handguns and assault rifles, so that a tragedy like the one at École Polytechnique de Montréal does not happen again. On December 6, 1989, Marc Lépine shot and killed 14 women at the Polytechnique and wounded […]
Gun Control: Ottawa’s disappointed activists
Groups representing survivors and families of victims of deadly shootings in Quebec over the past 30 years question the Trudeau government’s commitment to eliminating handguns and assault weapons, while a private consultation is held Montreal, one year from the elections. Firearms advocates with ties to the École polytechnique, Dawson College […]