Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, has proposed a bill to parliament that would stop all sales of handguns to citizens in the country.
The bill also contains freezing private ownership of all short-barrelled firearms.
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The swift move by the Canadian government is coming after an 18-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos fatally shot and killed 19 students and two teachers wounding 17 others at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States on May 24, 2022.
According to the BBC, the legislation would not ban the ownership of handguns outright – but would make it illegal to buy them.
If passed, the new anti-gun legislation will fine gun smuggling and trafficking. It would also require that long gun magazines “can never” hold more than five rounds, another source, CNN added.
“Gun violence is a complex problem,but at the end of the day the math is really quite simple: The fewer the guns in our communities,the safer everyone will be,” the Prime Minister said.
“Other than using firearms for sport shooting and hunting, there is no reason anyone in Canada should need guns in their everyday lives,” added Trudeau.
