The federal government’s pending gun-restriction legislation will be expensive to carry out if passed into law and won’t address issues across the country that contribute to firearms-related crime, says Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant.
Bryant made the comments on March 10 while testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The committee is currently studying Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms), which was introduced May 30, 2022, and sponsored by Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino.
If passed into law, Bill C-21 will permanently ban the buying, selling, and importation of a number of firearms in Canada, including handguns….