20 Sept 2019
The latest unwise promise from Justin Trudeau is that if re-elected he would ban “semi-automatic assault weapons” and allow municipalities to restrict or ban handguns. These promises are all constitutionally and legally dubious. They certainly won’t achieve anything.
Since any weapon can be used to assault, I assume he means assault rifle. A “semi-automatic assault rifle” is a contradiction in terms since the distinguishing feature of an assault rifle is that it is capable of fully-automatic fire.
As for municipalities being given legal authority by the Federal government, it is a pure play for Toronto votes and is constitutionally dubious. The provincial governments have full authority over municipalities, and possess the power to block any by-law pretending to ban the possession and legal use of private property.
The recent TACCOM 2019 gun show in Toronto showed how useless any such an “assault” ban would be. On display were irearms that are “assault-like” in character but are entirely unrestricted under current law. The gun designers are smarter than Liberal gun-banners, and already have the solution to a Trudeau gun-ban ready for market.
A gun-ban will be met with massive non-compliance. Is Trudeau prepared to create several million scoff-laws in Canada just for the sake of his progressive vanity?
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