Thu May 12, 2022 – 4:11 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — Confirming what a source told LifeSiteNews last week, Justin Trudeau’s federal government announced the rollout of a revamped version of the national long-gun registry.
Despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promising back in 2015 that he would never bring back the national long-gun registry scrapped by former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2012, Trudeau Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino confirmed that the Liberal government will be rolling out a registry-styled system for non-restricted firearms starting May 18.
While Mendicino denied that the new system is a de facto long-gun registry, effective May 18 businesses and individuals will have to go through the official registrar when transferring or selling firearms while also being compelled by law to keep a record of the transaction and the personal information of the seller and purchaser for a minimum of 20 years.
Although gun ownership is legal in Canada, one has to hold a Possession and Acquisition License (PAL) in order to buy and own guns. The PAL is divided into two categories, restricted and unrestricted. Before this announcement, only restricted guns such as handguns needed to be registered.
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