New Delhi: Canada has introduced prohibitions on the sale, purchase or transfer of handguns within its borders from Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that this is the extension of the earlier decisions that puts a ban on import off handguns.
Earlier in May this year, PM Trudeau announced that he is introducing a legislation to implement a national freeze on the ownership of handguns within Canada.
On May 30, 2022 Canadian PM announced that, “We are introducing legislation to implement a national freeze on handgun ownership. This means, it will no longer be possible to buy, sell, transfer, or import handguns anywhere in Canada. In other words, we are capping the market for handguns.”
Evolving on the announcement made in May, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau made further announcement in the ban on handgun-ownership yesterday i.e. October 22, 2022. He said, “In May our government introduced measures to implement a national freeze on handgun ownership. Today our national freeze on handguns is coming into force.”
We said we’d make it impossible to buy, sell, or transfer handguns anywhere in Canada. And that’s what we’ve done. https://t.co/8UTGexTLm7 pic.twitter.com/h2qCaBvaCh
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 22, 2022
News agency ANI tweeted, “Canada bans new handgun sales in latest gun control action, reports Reuters.” It further wrote PM Trudeau’s statement which said, “We have frozen the market for handguns in this country,” Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said, adding “As we see gun violence continue to rise… we have an obligation to take action.”
Canada bans new handgun sales in latest gun control action, reports Reuters
"We have frozen the market for handguns in this country," Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said, adding "As we see gun violence continue to rise… we have an obligation to take action." pic.twitter.com/5jIqQmhvBj
— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2022
