How Canada's largest gun control effort in decades is missing the mark
Canada recently banned 2,500 models of "assault-style" firearms - but a plan to buy-back tens of thousands of guns fell short by half.
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"Without a comprehensive ban on assault weapons, there is no ban… and the money will be wasted."
— Heidi Rathjen , Activist
"Don't ask me to explain the logic to you on this."
— Gary Anandasangaree , Politician
Key People
Beaven is Saskatchewan's newly appointed firearms commissioner.
Nardi is a Montreal-based gun shop owner.
Canada's Minister of Public Safety.
Rathjen has been advocating for a ban on assault-style rifles since 1989.
Negin is a professor of public health at the University of Sydney.
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Canada recently banned 2,500 models of "assault-style" firearms - but a plan to buy-back tens of thousands of guns fell short by half.
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