A handgun ban isn’t the answer to curb shootings and will only put jobs at risk, warms Canada’s firearms industry.
There are 4,500 sporting arms business owners in Canada that employ 25,000 workers, according the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association.
Handguns represent 35% of their business.
“It’s essential that our business owners be included in the current and future conversations about firearms in Canada to ensure the effectiveness of proposed regulations, to facilitate communication to end users — our customers — and to minimize unnecessary negative impact on our small business owners,” said Wes Winkel, president of the CSAAA.
Mayor John Tory has recently called for a handgun ban in Toronto. Winkel says his organization has the expertise of offer government and law enforcement agencies which will help eliminate illegal firearm transactions.
“Recently we have offered to meet with the Minister of Public Safety Office to provide our expertise in dealing with the issue of straw purchasing and firearms marking and are optimistic the minister will be open to our input,” Winkel said.
“While we don’t represent firearms owners, we have reviewed the elements of Bill C-71 that will directly impact out business owners and hope to have an opportunity to consult the government on those elements.”
C-71 would see increased background checks and improvements to record keeping.
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