• Home
  • Contact
  • Membership
    • What is My Membership Number?
    • Update Your CSSA Member Information
  • Marketplace
  • Store

Canadian Shooting Sports Association

Leading The Way...

Join CSSA

Our Mission: To Preserve, Promote and Protect the Lawful Use and Ownership of Firearms in Canada

  • Member Services
  • Programs
    • Gun Owners’ Random Acts of Kindness
    • CSSA CLAS-H
    • CSSA Target
      • CSSA Shooting Rangers Junior Program
      • CSSA Target Adult Program
      • Download Targets
      • Submit Your Scores
    • CSSA Marketplace
    • Firearm Legal Defence Insurance
  • Training
    • Club Level Safety Instructor Course
    • Range Safety Officer Course
    • CSSA CLAS-H Competitor
    • CSSA CLAS-H Upgrade
    • CSSA CLAS-H Range Official
    • CSSA CLAS-H Instructor
  • E-News
    • Subscribe to CSSA E-News
    • Weekly CSSA Commentary
    • Weekly CSSA E-News News Aggregator
    • CSSA Special Reports
  • Video
  • Legal
  • Research
  • Shooting Sports
    • History of Our Advocacy
    • Handgun Shooting Disciplines
    • Rifle Shooting Disciplines
  • Events
    • British Columbia
    • Alberta
    • Saskatchewan
    • Manitoba
    • Ontario
    • Quebec
    • New Brunswick
    • Nova Scotia
    • Prince Edward Island
    • Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Yukon
    • Northwest Territories
    • Nunavut
  • Links
    • Gun Clubs & Shooting Ranges
    • Shooting Disciplines

Liberals Prohibit Handgun Sales/Imports to Licensed Gun Owners

May 30, 2022 by Web Admin Filed Under: CSSA Commentary, CSSA Special Reports

Before business opened this morning, the RCMP Canadian Firearms Centre shut down firearm retailers’ ability to verify Possession and Acquisition Licenses and perform restricted firearm transfers.

This shutdown of verification and transfer services signalled that new restrictions on PAL holders were imminent.

Then the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), to Parliament.

“This means,” Marco Mendicino said, “individuals will be prohibited from buying, selling, transferring or importing handguns.”

  • Once Royal Assent is obtained for Bill C-21, the sale, transfer and import of handguns will be permanently frozen.
  • Until that time, regulatory changes announced today to be implemented by regulation that will temporarily freeze handgun sales until Royal Assent.
  • It appears the temporary freeze by Order in Council will take effect in mid-October .
  • Permanent magazine restrictions will also be part of this Order in Council according to the Minister’s briefing documents.

Once passed, Bill C-21 will:

  • Effectively Confiscate All Legally-Acquired Handguns through “grandfathering.” This slow-motion confiscation requires the destruction of all handguns when an RPAL holder passes away. It appears no compensation will be paid to these owners or their estates.
  • Impose a permanent cessation of handgun sales, trades, imports
  • Prohibit low power pellet/BB gun “replica” firearms that look like real firearms
  • Chief Firearms Officers (CFOs) will be prevented from approving the transfer of handguns to individuals with limited exemptions for high-level shooters (effectively ending Canada’s Olympic shooting program)
  • Increase the Maximum Penalty for Gun Smuggling (from 10 to 14 years)
  • Additional regulation will be tabled at an unknown time forcing (all) long gun magazines to be permanently altered so they can “never hold more than 5 rounds.” Creates a new criminal offense for altering a magazine to restore it to its original capacity.
  • Create new “red flag” law allowing anyone to apply to a judge for an order to immediately remove firearms from an individual.
  • Create a new “yellow flag” law allowing Chief Firearms Officers to temporarily suspend an individual’s PAL, prohibit them from using firearms during suspension.
  • PAL Owners must surrender all firearms during a legal challenge of a license revocation

While simultaneously claiming to respect licensed firearm owners, the Trudeau Liberal government’s latest attack is not focused on violent criminals, drug dealers and gun smugglers. It’s focused squarely on the shoulders of Canada’s 2.2 million licensed firearm owners.

There was no mention of compensation for firearm businesses with existing inventory that they are prohibited from selling, nor for orders placed with manufacturers and paid for in good faith prior to today’s announcement.

One mainstream media outlet asked, “What difference will this national freeze on handgun sales and transfers actually make to people who are already not playing by the rules?”

In typical Liberal fashion, Justin Trudeau refused to explain how or why his application of more restrictions on licensed firearm owners will prevent criminals from plying their illegal trade in guns.

Tagged With: buying, handgun sales, selling, transferring or importing handguns

 

 

1143 Wentworth St W #204
Oshawa, ON L1J 8P7

Toll-Free: 1-888-873-4339
Phone: 905-720-3142
Email: info@cssa-cila.org

Gun Shows

No events

Contact CSSA

1143 Wentworth St W #204
Oshawa, ON L1J 8P7

Toll-Free: 1-888-873-4339
Phone: 905-720-3142
Email: info@cssa-cila.org

Sponsor

Canadian Institute for Legislative Action
CILA Logo

Sponsor

Lower Canada Arms Collectors Assn
Lower Canada Arms Collectors Association

Sponsor

Right Edition
Right Edition

Sponsor

Firearm Legal Defence Insurance
Firearm Legal Defence

Quick Contact Points

  • Home
  • Contact
  • Membership
    • What is My Membership Number?
    • Update Your CSSA Member Information
  • Marketplace
  • Store

© 1998–2023 Canadian Shooting Sports Association | All Rights Reserved