The federal government’s national freeze on handgun importations came into effect on Oct. 21, making it illegal to buy, sell, or transfer a handgun in Canada.
“We have frozen the market for handguns in this country and our ban on imports that took effect in August remains in place,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a press conference in Surrey, B.C., on Oct. 21.
“This is one of the strongest actions we’ve taken on gun violence in a generation,” he added.
In August, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly announced a national temporary freeze on handgun importations that would take permanent effect once Parliament passed legislation bringing it into law….