Events organized by Canadian Doctors for Protection from Guns took place in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and St. John’s and elsewhere
Doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws take part in a march on April 3, 2019 in Montreal.A group representing doctors and other health-care workers pushing for stronger gun laws held rallies across the country Wednesday, calling for a national ban on private ownership of handguns and assault rifles.
“Bill C-71 is kind of an initial step. It certainly helps around tighter regulations,” Beno said. “But it’s really weapons that don’t really need to be in the hands of civilians that are out there. When you think about public health … one direct way to reduce this burden is simply to reduce the vector, and reduce the number of firearms that are in circulation.”
“I strongly believe that firearm injuries in Canada are on the rise, particularly in Toronto,” she said. “And I believe that it is a public health issue that we definitely need to tackle a little bit more aggressively.” “This is not about being against guns. I’m not against guns,” Razek said. “Canada has a lot of rural communities where guns are actually quite necessary, especially long guns. I have nothing against that, nor against any gun owners, for that matter. We’re against gunshot wounds in humans.”
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