Trudeau announces immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons

May 1, 2020 | 8:53 AM

Justin Trudeau delivered a bombshell at his national address Friday.

The Prime Minister announced an immediate ban on military-grade assault weapons in Canada, which includes 1,500 models of firearms.

“These weapons were designed for one purpose, and one purpose only: to kil the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. There is no use, and no place, for such weapons in Canada,” stated Trudeau.

Trudeau says a vast majority of people who use firearms use them safely and responsibly, but added “you don’t need an AR-15 to bring down a deer.”

Effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military grade assault weapons in Canada.

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To protect law-abiding gun owners from criminal liability until they can comply with the law, there will be a two year amnesty period to turn in those gun, and there will be compensation.

Trudeau said on Friday he was 17-years-old and living in Montreal when he heard of the shooting and killing of 14 women at L’Ecole Polytechnique.

“At first, I was shocked. I couldn’t understand that such an act violence toward women could happen in a country such as ours.”

The PM read out the names of other communities where horrific events have taken place such as Mayerthorpe, Dawson College, Moncton, LaLoche, the Danforth, Fredericton and Nova Scotia just last month where 22 people were killed

“Every Canadian has their version of this story. Everyone of us remembers the day when we realized that, even in Canada, a man with a gun could irrevocably alter our lives for the worse,” said Trudeau.

Trudeau said the measures announced today were done through regulations, while the buy back program and other measures will require legislation to be passed in Parliament.

by Pete McIntyre

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