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« Blogging lawsuit | Main | Ohio pre-emption »

Calls for more gun control in Canada

Posted by David Hardy · 27 December 2006 12:17 PM

Story here. Now, it notes they already have just a few:

"Since 1976, Canadians have had to obtain a Firearms Acquisition Certificate in order to purchase new firearms and a Restricted Weapons Permit for handguns and certain other military-style weapons.

Gun owners had to be at least 16 and had to check a box on the application, stating they were not mentally ill.

In 1991 the then-Conservative government passed Bill C-17. The law tightened restrictions on handguns, required a firearms safety course and a background check for would-be gun owners, as well as a 28-day waiting period before purchase.

The Liberals later introduced Bill C-68, which took effect on Dec. 6, 1995, the sixth anniversary of the Polytechnique massacre.

The new law put a screening process in place and banned semi-automatic military-style assault weapons and large-capacity gun magazines like the one used by Lepine.

It required a licence to own a gun and added shotguns and rifles to the list of firearms that had to be registered. Handguns and other restricted weapons already had to be registered."

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Eric | December 27, 2006 1:28 PM | Reply

Does anyone else find the evolution of terms funny?

First they were "assault weapons." Then they became "military-style assault weapons." Now they're "semi-automatic military-style assault weapons."

Maybe next they'll become "super duper mega ultra scary evil black semi-automatic military-style assault weapons."

Jeez! Just saying that has got me shaking in my boots!

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