Handgun law hostility from Tories to blame for application backlog: federal minister via calgaryherald
in handgun sales, and, according to the Alberta government, a bottleneck in transfer and licence applications that has resulted in ballooning wait times.
In a Tuesday interview with Postmedia during a trip to Edmonton, Mendicino said the federal government anticipated a potential increase in handgun purchases following the announcement. However, he argued that if the Conservative Party of Canada caucus had been on board to pass the bill and its regulations more quickly, that would have put a stop to new permits and any backlog.
“It is not a foolproof strategy, it will not guarantee that there will never be another gun crime committed in this country, but it will help and that’s what law enforcement has said, and that’s what others have said.”Alberta’s Chief Firearms Office is seeing a 40 per cent increase in emails inquiring about the status of a firearms licence application or transfer request.
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