The federal government proposed new gun control legislation Tuesday that would introduce the long-anticipated buy-back program for recently barred firearms. Bill C-21, which comes nine months after the Liberal government announced a ban on the use, sale, and importation of “assault-style” weapons, will also allow municipalities to ban handguns, and increases criminal penalties for gun smuggling and trafficking. Reacting to the new bill, the Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights (CCFR) says the new rules will do little to curb the types of offences it purports to address, and has accused the government of politicizing the contentious gun control issue.  “Reasonable Canadians should ask themselves if they think that anything in this bill will stop the shootings in downtown Toronto or Vancouver or the violence or property crime we see in rural communities,” CCFR said in a statement.  “In our opinion, this bill is simply electioneering. The real problem is that …