Trudeau announces ban on assault-style weapons: ‘Canadians deserve more than thoughts’

PM Justin Trudeau has announced a ban, effective immediately, on 1,500 assault-style weapons and says current owners will be given a two-year amnesty period before being held criminally liable.

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72 comments

    1. @Torch Her
      Dude… are you ok? You should drink some water, maybe go outside and get some fresh air.

    2. @Donna Bailey If there are there not on record so the government can’t regulate criminals … they can only regulate law-abiding citizens

    3. @Torch Her I feel yeah these parasites in the office are a serious problem … Haven’t seen anyone I consider descent that has a chance, hoping the conservative have someone better next time I couldn’t vote for milk boy. Turns out he was corrupt too from what I heard.

    1. @janusz chol Maybe police cars need to be banned as well. If you get pulled over, how does a citizen have any confidence that there is a legit police officer in that car vs a psycho on a murder spree?

    2. The government is deflecting blame for this shooting and using the tragedy to blame innocent fire arm owners!

    1. Grapefruit Simmons Well Justin Trudeau just put the assault label on any gun and like magic it’s now an assault rifle.

    2. @Grapefruit My younglad has his (Restricted PAL) that he got and paid for by himself and THAT scares me..LOL It isn’t hard if you have the coin and a bit of Grey Matter upstaies..!!

    3. @Mike. B StG44 and FAMAS and SCAR. Theres “assault rifle” in 3 different languages for ya.

    4. @Donald McChristopher “Sad when we have to pass laws to enforce existing ones.

      You really have no clue what this is all about. Psychos and criminals don’t obey laws. Wake up.

  1. The guns that were used in the shootings were all the illegal the transport to Canada these guns were not legally gotten by a dealer so why you Banning old legal guns

    1. @James Fergisson right? you don’t need military hardware to take out a few buck in the bush. a .22 or SKS should suffice. not Canadas problem you can’t shoot straight and need something that can shoot 100 rpm.

    2. @bruh “No free government was ever founded, or ever preserved in its liberty, without uniting the characters of the citizen and soldier in those destined for the defence of the state. . . . Such are a well regulated militia, composed of the freeholders, citizen and husbandman, who take up arms to preserve their property, as individuals, and their rights as freemen.”

    3. @bruh Using .22 long rifle to hunt a full grown buck is torture in my opinion. You have to dump like 10 rounds or so into it to bring it down.

    4. it doesn’t matter what guns were used, because making a law now wont change a shooting that already happened…. Banning as many types of guns in general minimizes the amount of guns in the general public, thus making it harder for guns to make their ways into criminal hands. pretty simple logic to be honest. does it mean, there will be no guns in criminal hands? nope, but anything to either make it harder for them to acquire is a step.

    1. In Canada armed citizens outnumber the government.. Do the math. These weapons are to protect from tyrannical government like Trudeau.. That’s the truth don’t comply he went around the law because he doesn’t respect it so f him.

    2. Elijah Wood let’s Start a revolution and overthrow that Neanderthal Trudeau! VIVA LA REVOLUCION!!!

    1. @Donald McChristopher you are wrong their has been many time I was hunt an wished I had a more compact guy like a assault rifle would make it easier to move through the bush

    2. @Donald McChristopher Assault rifles have been prohibited in Canada for 50+ years… this is about civilian rifles that *look* like assault rifles but have different internals, not capable of automatic fire. The term “military style” was chosen very carefully… to a voter unfamiliar with current firearm laws it sounds like a scary military rifle, but in reality it refers to completely different firearms that look similar on the outside.

    3. Is that a military assault plastic butter knife in your hands? 🚨 👮‍♀️
      Drop it to the ground! Put your hands where I can see them.

    4. Well banning all weapons would be a win for these anti-liberal liberals… I mean look at Britain if you want a glimpse of what’s to come…

    5. TheChosenSquirrel anti-liberal…exactly. There is nothing liberal about gun control.

  2. Do something about the illegal guns coming into the country into criminals’ hands. I am not a gun owner….and I fear a heck more from the illegal guns than legal gun owners guns.

  3. This guy Ali’s a complete crook and gangster and is swindling the Canadian public.

  4. Pretty sure an AR15 requires an RPAL (Restricted Possession and Acquisition License) , are only allowed on the range and you need an ATT transport permit to move it. There is no hunting deer with AR’s in Canada..

    1. @James Fergisson The only purpose is target shooting. I cant speak on the behalf of the criminals..

    2. @MattyMag I hear ya.. I’m talking paper ONLY. Criminals will attain whatever guns they want and Im pretty sure they arnt pinning their magazines to five rounds and following the rules.

    3. @tpd CamoDog :
      Both Australia & New Zealand both did the common sense thing by a near-instant complete ban.
      No NRA propaganda there…

  5. Assault rifle: A rapid fire weapon that is magazine fed automatic rifle designed for infantry use. Already banned.

    1. ArcanicFire definitely turks, Serbs, pro Yugoslavs and antifa triggered by my comments

    2. @Croatian Sensation I dont understand the Serbs… Them and the Croats have such a tied history but then I guess the 90s came and fucked that up? Or was it WW2? Idk, Im half Austrian (Burgenland *wink*) and Portuguese so…

    1. I just burst out laughing when he said that I’m like what? excuse me? This guy is the prime minister of our country and he doesn’t know our current gun laws and now here he is changing them.

    2. As most lawful gun owners and hunters know you aren’t allowed to use a Restricted weapon to hunt in Canada. Also, shooting anything larger then a Coyote with a 5.56mm is illegal. So many lies from this Prime Minister! What’s scary, is that he and his followers believe the lies.

    3. They’re the same idiots wearing masks believing the sky is falling because they think they news is reality

  6. Hopefully the fraternal order of police is included in the ‘assault-style weapons’ ban.

    1. uuum…. it was one of the promises made in his campaign… so yeah, probably didnt come up with it on a napkin last night

  7. Nice let’s keep the criminals armed to the teeth and disarm the citizens! Way to go goof.

  8. Hear that criminals and gang members, you’ll have to turn in your guns. The Prime Minstrel says so.

  9. Military weapons, are fully automatic. I bet none of the so called “Military Grade” rifles they are banning are fully automatic. AR15’s are semi-automatic, and not used by the military.

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