Justin Trudeau Vows To Strengthen Gun Control Laws

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Justin Trudeau Vows To Strengthen Gun Control Laws After Canada’s Deadliest Shooting
The Canadian prime minister said Monday that his government would soon move forward with legislation to ban assault-style weapons.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trudeau-gun-control-canada-nova-scotia-shooting_n_5e9e979ac5b6a486d07e92b8

By Dominique Mosbergen

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“I can say that we were on the verge of introducing legislation to ban assault-style weapons across this country,” Trudeau said, per The Washington Post. “It was interrupted when the pandemic caused Parliament to be suspended, but we have every intention of moving forward on that measure, and potentially other measures, when Parliament returns.”

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“As long as Canadians are losing their loved ones to gun violence, not enough has changed,” Trudeau said on the campaign trail in September 2019, The Guardian reported. “We know you do not need a military-grade assault weapon, one designed to kill the largest amount of people in the shortest amount of time, to take down a deer.”

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A gunman went on a shooting rampage in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Sunday, killing at least 18 people before being killed during a confrontation with police.

Prior to Sunday, the deadliest shooting in Canada had taken place in 1989 when a gunman killed 14 women and himself at Ecole Polytechnique college in Montreal.

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Bless Canada.

[NickB79]

1. Did the shooter use an assault rifle?

I hadn't seen that reported before.

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2. Does it matter? The Canadian police are not talking about weapons either in type or number ...

but if you'd like to know more about this dreadful event, this link has an incredible amount of information and a ton of photos:

https://heavy.com/news/2020/04/gabriel-wortman/

[NickB79]

4. If he's using a mass shooting to promote a ban on assault rifles

But no assault rifle was used, that does strike as disingenuous.

If the rationale and public support for such a ban is there, using a shooting where that particular weapon wasn't used is unnecessary.

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5. I get it. Ban handguns but not assault rifles. Brillliant ...

Would you like to make a wager if he had an assault rifle on him or not?

Did you read the link?

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3. I don't know either but

it is irrelevant IMO. Assault rifles need to be banned. They, and similar weapons, have no redeeming purpose in a civilized country.

It is a matter of principle as well as practicality.

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6. The Candians are releasing some more information ...

"Campbell said the suspect had a pistol that was acquired in Canada and several long barreled guns that were obtained in the United States."

https://apnews.com/aeec329e92569a7b1bbdc44bc6aa2fa2