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An image shows the firearms found in the car driven by Gabriel Wortman, the perpetrator of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead. It was shown at the Mass Casualty Commission inquiry. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan

N.S. Mass Casualty Commission a year later: What recommendations have been implemented?

R. Blake Brown, Saint Mary’s University

Over the past year, Ottawa has had a mixed record in implementing the Mass Casualty Commission’s firearm recommendations. Some provinces, however, have sought to limit implementation.
In a recent survey, New Zealand gun owners reported more trust in other gun owners than people who don’t own guns, but lower levels of trust in the pro-gun lobby. from www.shutterstock.com

Survey reveals a third of NZ gun owners distrust gun lobby

Kate C. Prickett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington and Simon Chapple, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand police is running gun collection events throughout the country as part of the government’s amnesty and buyback scheme.
Meaghan Hennegan, who was shot twice during the Dawson College shooting in 2006 in Montreal holds up a board showing assault weapons as she joins other gun control advocates at a news conference on Bill C-71 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in December 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Should Canada ban assault-style firearms?

R. Blake Brown, Saint Mary’s University

Canada must decide if modern semi-automatic rifles should be widely available to its citizens. Our current classification system for such guns is irrational.

Related Topics

  1. AR-15
  2. Bill C-21
  3. Christchurch mosque attacks
  4. Firearms
  5. Gun control
  6. Guns
  7. Nova Scotia
  8. Pierre Poilievre

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