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OTTAWA – Virtually a yr after its introduction, MPs have handed a gun-control invoice that may cement restrictions on handguns, improve penalties for firearm trafficking and attempt to curb do-it-yourself ghost weapons.
The laws, which now heads to the Senate, additionally features a ban on assault-style firearms that may apply as soon as the invoice comes into pressure.
The federal government invoice handed 207 to 113 with the assist of Liberal, NDP, Bloc Québécois and Inexperienced members of Parliament.
The Conservatives oppose the laws, saying it penalizes law-abiding firearm house owners as a substitute of focusing on felony gun violence.
Objections from the Tories and a few gun house owners over the preliminary scope of the assault-style gun ban sparked an uproar that sidelined the invoice for weeks.
Below a revamped method, the federal government would make laws by way of the Firearms Act to make sure that weapons are categorised appropriately earlier than coming into the Canadian market.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Might 18, 2023.
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