Gun group says firearms ban driven by ideology as government stresses public safety | CTV News - Canadian Press:
November 30, 2022 - "A firearm advocacy group says the Liberal government's effort to ban a wide variety of rifles is being driven by ideology, not public safety.But the federal Liberals say it's all about prohibiting guns designed to kill people, and hunters will still have thousands of types of rifles and shotguns available to them.
The government wants to include an evergreen definition of a prohibited assault-style firearm in gun-control legislation being studied by the House of Commons public safety committee. The measure would build on a May 2020 regulatory ban of over 1,500 models and variants of what the government considers assault-style firearms, such as the AR-15 and the Ruger Mini-14.
"The government is going after millions of licensed gun owners who have done nothing to deserve it, Rod Giltaca, CEO of the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights, told a news conference on Wednesday. The lack of evidence for doing so 'just screams that it's ideological,' he said....
"Tracey Wilson, the group's vice-president of public relations, said the government should go back to the drawing board and take a hard look at what really needs to be done to make Canada a safer country. 'It's pretty clear that they've created a huge mess,' she said. 'It's not appeasing anybody. It does not have a significant, positive impact on public safety'....
"The government's planned definition of an assault-style firearm is intended to ensure gun manufacturers can't tweak designs of prohibited firearms in a bid to get around the ban and reintroduce them to the Canadian market. Among other technical specifications, the proposed definition includes a centrefire semi-automatic rifle or shotgun designed to accept a detachable magazine that can hold more than five cartridges....
"The Conservatives claim the government's definition amounts to the most significant hunting rifle ban in the history of Canada. Conservative MP Eric Melillo, who represents the Western Ontario riding of Kenora, told the Commons committee this week the ban 'is not actually going to address the issues that they're hoping to address.' Melillo said taking guns from rural hunters in his riding, including Indigenous people who shoot animals for food, is not going to make cities any safer....
"[Liberal MP Taleeb] Noormohamed indicated the government was open to going through the list of prohibited guns in committee and removing any individual ones that don't belong. 'If there are items on this list that the Conservatives feel strongly about, there is a process,' he said. 'Let's have a discussion about it.'"
The Liberal MP stating that if there is any that the conservatives want to object to, didn't work with the last Bill, when we had strong objections to certain rifles being included, especially in the new joules of energy and bore diameter laws there were just implemented. I joined the CCFR when Liberals got in again, as I knew this was coming, with Bill Blair up there pulling his nonsense. Violence drastically increased in Toronto when Bill was in charge of Policing as well with his drastic nonsensical ways. Nearly every firearm owner I know is an above-average law-abiding citizen who has had to be vetted drastically to obtain a firearms license and picking on the law-abiding, doesn't correct the crimes, it just makes law-abiding into criminals I believe is their end resolve. Saskatchewan recently introduced a provincial counteracting Bill to this that the province is hopefully in protecting their firearms owners from this new Semi-Auto ban, as for varmints semi-auto is a necessity truly. If passed even .22 long rifles would be seized, which is quite astonishing and a very bold and drastic move by Liberals in this area of law. I've never seen gang shootings involving a .22 long rifle for sure.........so it's obvious they're picking on the legal gun owners with this nonsense.
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