Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant said it's wrong for the Canadian government to expand the list of banned guns in Bill C-21. .“Adding amendments of this sweeping nature near the end of scrutiny by the House of Commons is not how Parliament is supposed to work,” said Bryant in a Monday video. .“It suggests the federal government has not been entirely forthcoming about its true intentions all along.” .The Canadian Shooting Sports Association said Wednesday rumours the federal government will ban semi-automatic guns are confirmed after an amendment was proposed to Bill C-21. .READ MORE: Canadian government proposes to ban semi-automatic weapons.The amendment was tabled to ban all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of accepting an external magazine. .Clause 1 in Bill C-21 would be amended to say a rifle or shotgun “... that is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner and that is designed to accept a detachable cartridge magazine with a capacity greater than five cartridges of the type for which the firearm was originally designed.”.The amendment contains a number of firearms identified by name. .Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in 2020 Canada would restrict 1,500 makes and models of assault-style rifles. .Licensed gun owners would be barred from selling, transporting, importing, or using semi-automatic guns. .There was a two-year amnesty period to ensure people followed the ban. Now people are encouraged to turn in their guns. .Bryant said persecuting lawful gun owners must stop. She added Canadians would be “vastly better off if the federal government applied the same relentlessness to the pursuit of actual criminals.” .She called the amendment “a stab in the back to the thousands of Canadians who attempted to obey the law by buying firearms that were not on the previously announced ban list.”.These gun owners recognize they're about to lose their property, with no plan to compensate them. .“We will oppose this measure by every means possible,” she said. .The Alberta government sent instructions to the RCMP to dismiss direct orders from the Canadian government to enforce its semi-automatic weapon buyback program in September. .READ MORE: UPDATED: Alberta government demands RCMP ignore Trudeau’s gun grab.“This is politically motivated confiscation,” said Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro. .“It will not make Alberta a safer place.”
Alberta Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant said it's wrong for the Canadian government to expand the list of banned guns in Bill C-21. .“Adding amendments of this sweeping nature near the end of scrutiny by the House of Commons is not how Parliament is supposed to work,” said Bryant in a Monday video. .“It suggests the federal government has not been entirely forthcoming about its true intentions all along.” .The Canadian Shooting Sports Association said Wednesday rumours the federal government will ban semi-automatic guns are confirmed after an amendment was proposed to Bill C-21. .READ MORE: Canadian government proposes to ban semi-automatic weapons.The amendment was tabled to ban all semi-automatic rifles and shotguns capable of accepting an external magazine. .Clause 1 in Bill C-21 would be amended to say a rifle or shotgun “... that is capable of discharging centre-fire ammunition in a semi-automatic manner and that is designed to accept a detachable cartridge magazine with a capacity greater than five cartridges of the type for which the firearm was originally designed.”.The amendment contains a number of firearms identified by name. .Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in 2020 Canada would restrict 1,500 makes and models of assault-style rifles. .Licensed gun owners would be barred from selling, transporting, importing, or using semi-automatic guns. .There was a two-year amnesty period to ensure people followed the ban. Now people are encouraged to turn in their guns. .Bryant said persecuting lawful gun owners must stop. She added Canadians would be “vastly better off if the federal government applied the same relentlessness to the pursuit of actual criminals.” .She called the amendment “a stab in the back to the thousands of Canadians who attempted to obey the law by buying firearms that were not on the previously announced ban list.”.These gun owners recognize they're about to lose their property, with no plan to compensate them. .“We will oppose this measure by every means possible,” she said. .The Alberta government sent instructions to the RCMP to dismiss direct orders from the Canadian government to enforce its semi-automatic weapon buyback program in September. .READ MORE: UPDATED: Alberta government demands RCMP ignore Trudeau’s gun grab.“This is politically motivated confiscation,” said Alberta Justice Minister and Solicitor General Tyler Shandro. .“It will not make Alberta a safer place.”
