Afraid of repeating the American tragedy, Canada announced the ban

According to Agence France -Presse reports on August 5, Canada will prohibit imported pistols.

It is reported that the Canadian government announced on Friday that imported pistols will be prohibited from August 19, which is part of a wider range of freezing measures planned by Canada after a large -scale shooting incident in its neighboring countries.

Minister of Public Safety Malco Mendisino announced at a press conference: "I am happily announced that the Chinese government has decided to ban import pistols." An announcement shows that this is a "temporary ban", from August 19th, August 19th It is applicable to individuals and enterprises from the day, and it will continue to "the nationwide pistol freezing order to formally take effect." It is expected that the frozen order will be passed this fall.

When Mondisino devoted himself to Etobickkkkka, a suburb of Toronto, he emphasized that these weapons "only one purpose is to kill people."

The aggressive advocacy organization of the firewarm and survivors on behalf of the victims of gun violence claims that this is an important innovation measure. Before the bill is passed, it will slow down the growth of the Canadian gun market. "

However, the Canadian Firefare Rights Alliance described this announcement as "further abuse procedures for political goals." The person in charge of the alliance, Rhode Giltacca, told a Agence France -Presse reporter that the way to ensure that public safety should be prohibited from illegal rather than legal pistol imports.

He also added that on the contrary, the Liberal Party "forbids a license and certified Canadians to legitimate pistols, which is what they have done in Canada for more than 100 years."

Although Ottawa adopted all measures to try to reduce gun violence, experts still suspected the effectiveness of these measures and pointed out that smuggling weapons from neighboring countries were the real problems.

In addition, the Canadian Border Service announced on Wednesday that two "ghost guns" were seized in the West, and they did not have a sequence number and difficult to track.

From January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022, the Canadian Border Service Office seized 581 guns in the entrance port and international mail.

This temporary ban appeared after the Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau announced a "National Frozen with a pistol" plan in May this year. Before Trudeau announced the plan, there were many gun killings in the United States.

Trudeau's statement prompted Canadians to push towards weapon stores, which led to a long line in front of these shops and the inventory was rapidly decreased.

According to government estimates, 38 million Canadian population has more than 1 million pistols. From 2009 to 2021, pistols were the most used weapon types (57%in 2021). This new measure was introduced in the context of the surge in gun crimes: 3 gun kills occurred within 24 hours of Montreal this week.

According to the Canadian "Global Post" website reported on August 6, between 2009 and 2019, Canadian gun crime cases increased sharply, and the federal government has been facing pressure to take action.

The Canadian Federal Government submitted a C-21 Act to Congress at the end of May this year to strengthen the C-21 Act that strengthened gun control. Trafficking and so on.

However, the C-21 Act and the newly announced import ban on Friday have caused strong dissatisfaction with the advocate advocate of the firearms and the Federal Conservative Party. They said that these measures will not prevent the trend of illegal smuggling guns from neighbors.

On Friday, Foreign Minister Meiraney Jolly claimed that the ban was "appropriate measures" to prevent "stores re-purchase in the short term" because the bill C-21 is passing the parliamentary procedure. Juli said that when the C-21 Act was announced, the purchase volume of the guns increased, and added: "We want to prevent this."

Government trade data shows that Canada imported a pistol and revolver worth about $ 26.4 million (about $ 20.42 million) from January to June, an increase of 52%compared with the same period last year.

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