Gun control advocates have pressed for change since it was revealed that the mosque shooter did not acknowledge when applying for a firearm permit that he had experienced periods of depression, and his family did not report it to authorities
As the third anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting approaches, gun control advocates are urging the province to tighten rules around reference checks for those seeking gun permits.
“We had a very good meeting with Mr. Legault in Quebec City when our daughters’ were awarded the medals and he was very receptive to what we had to say,” said Laplante-Edward, whose daughter Anne-Marie Edward was one of the 14 women killed in an anti-feminist attack at Ecole polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989.
In a follow-up letter to Legault in mid-December, Laplante-Edward pressed for further tightening of the rules. The federal government has promised a range of measures to tighten gun control rules, and Quebec says it has had discussions with Public Safety Minister Bill Blair about upcoming changes. Bissonnette has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 years for six counts of first-degree murder and six more of attempted murder in the attack on Jan. 29, 2017.
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