Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately. Trudeau cited numerous mass shootings in the country including the killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia April 18 and 19.
FILE - In a May 16, 2006 file photo, rifles line a hunting store's shelves in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday, May 1, 2020 that Canada is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately.
“You do not need an AR-15 to take down a deer,” Trudeau said. “So, effective immediately, it is no longer permitted to buy, sell, transport, import or use military-grade, assault weapons in this country.” Trudeau said the weapons were designed for one purpose and one purpose only: to kill the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time.Mass shootings are relatively rare in Canada, but Trudeau said they are happening more often. Trudeau noted he was nearby when in Montreal when gunman Marc Lepine killed 14 women and himself at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique college in 1989. The Ruger Mini-14 Lepine used is among weapons included in the ban.
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