Gun Ban – At a meeting on Monday August 20th, Montreal’s City Council unanimously approved the motion put forth by Alex Norris, Chair of the Public Safety Commission, calling on the Federal government for a nationwide ban on all privately owned handguns and assault weapons – making it illegal for anyone other than the military or police officers to own one.
We want our cities and our country to be safer and banning private ownership of handguns and military-style assault rifles can help make our country safer, it’s as simple as that, Norris said in a CTV report. These are weapons that are principally designed to kill people. We see no reason law-abiding private citizens should own them.
On Tuesday August 21st, the Federal government begins a 3 day cabinet retreat in Nanaimo, BC and the issue of gun control is expected to be debated. Motions coming from both Montreal and Toronto could have a significant influence on the Trudeau government to include the bans in Bill C-71, which is now before Parliament and a priority on the legislative agenda for this autumn.
