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Firearms Act
The Firearms Act was an act brought into force in 1995. It was part of the response that the Liberal Party of Canada deemed necessary to reduce the likelihood of the recurrence of crimes similar to the 1989 mass shooting (--- ). The act dealt with the importing, exporting, trading, licensing, and registration of restricted and prohibited weapons and their ammunition in Canada. It is still in force today and is overseen by the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP). -
Bill C-19: Ending Long-gun Registry
In 2012, the Conservative Party introduced and passed Bill C-19 which ended the requirement to register all long-guns and for sellers to keep a police-accessible record of them. This was a significant move, as these records for unrestricted firearms dated back nearly two decades- to 1995.
Ever since it was revealed in 2005 that the registry cost five times what was expected to maintain it, the conservatives had been working to end the registry mandate. They succeeded in 2012. -
2020 Order-in-council
Following the April 2020 shooting spree in Nova Scotia, in which 22 people were killed, the federal government enacted an order-in-council that banned 11 broad types of firearms, which in total comprised over 1500 models of the semi-automatic rifle.