Trudeau introduced sweeping gun control legislation, including a national freeze on the sale of handguns.
Trudeau is pictured at a press conference.
Trudeau said the measures would make it impossible to buy, sell, transfer or import handguns anywhere in Canada.
The legislation was inspired by the massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last week that killed 19 children and two teachers, as Trudeau said Monday.
The proposed handgun ban would cause headaches for local law enforcement, as it would ding sales for American manufacturers.
According to Canadian government data, the U.S. was the largest exporter of pistols and revolvers to Canada.
According to data from the U.S. International Trade Commission, Canada imported $18.2 million worth of American firearms in the year 2021, ranking fourth.
According to estimates from Small Arms Analytics and Forecasting, Americans purchased 19.9% of the guns in the U.S. market in 2011.
The Canada Border Services Agency seized more guns in the next two years than they did in the previous year.
The deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history took place in Nova Scotia in 2020. Trudeau banned a lot of military and assault weapons. In the wake of the Uvalde shooting, American lawmakers including President Joe Biden have pushed for further gun control legislation, though it is unlikely there will be any legislation brought to the Senate any time soon.
More than 12 million. According to estimates from the Small Arms Survey research group, there are over 10 million firearms in Canada. According to the Small Arms Survey, the rate of privately held firearms in Canada is about a quarter of that in the U.S.
Canadian law enforcement seized a shopping bag full of banned handguns, most of which were banned in Canada, from a drone crossing from the U.S. into Ontario.
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Schumer says there will be no gun vote soon.
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