Well said!!!!!
Here is a summary of the announcement from today, sorry if my wording isn't great I was typing while listening.
10:40 - CBC replayed Bill Blair's speech on the AR designed specifically for killing, CBC states as if this is happening in Canada that 'this weapon was used in several mass shootings over the years then state 'nobody needs this type of weapon'
11:41 - Justin comes out, tells everyone we get to decide what type of country we will choose to live in in October. 4 years ago Canadians choose the liberals because they value safety. We have work to do and move away from Harper years. Unemployment is way down. Our team reject conservative cuts and choose family's.
11:45 - He things of the family who have lost loved ones to gun violence. Harper made it easier to purchase firearms and we reversed this. We did background checks and sheerer is going to scrap this. Mentions a bunch of the victims examples. 2500 more victims then the year before. Scheer looks at numbers and wants to make it easier to purchase guns. he wants people to be able to buy guns without showing license.
11:47 - Ban military assault style weapons (military grade weapons were the exact words) and buyback all that were legally purchased. Work with provinces to allow municipalities to restrict handguns.
11:48 - They will not bring back registry. Respect farmers and hunters. Military assault weapons are not needed for deer.
11:49 - Remove violence messaging and advertising glorifying war? (it was in french.) People are dying and communities are suffering. Thoughts and prayers are not enough. Liberals are for tougher gun laws. Conservatives are for weaker gun laws.
Questions
Vast majority of handguns are not legal top own without heavy restrictions. Bans would do little for violence why are you not banning handguns country wide? - banning assault weapons is important step and increasing safe storage of firearms. We also heard very clearly that cities want to have more tools to restrict handguns. Give them all the power to do that.
Reporter said that there are already strict laws about AR-15's, about magazine limits, what's the justification for a buy back. What if an owner doesn't want to turn it in, why make a law abiding citizen a criminal? - Justin replied "We recognize that there's always going to be more to do on protecting citizens and communities from gun violence. That's why we're moving forward to ban assault weapons, and enabling cities to ban handguns. We believe that the choice is very clear. Liberals want to strengthen gun control, conservatives want to weaken it. Conservative leader has talked about expanding the size of magazines available, we think that's exactly the wrong direction. Conservatives want to loosen gun laws, we want to strengthen them. We know that guns designed for killing the largest amount of people in the shortest amount of time have no place in Canadian society. Have no place in our communities. That is why we are banning military style assault weapons."
The mayor has talked about smuggling at the border what will you do? - Harper cut border security but today is about banning military assault weapons and handguns
Premier doug ford would oppose a handgun ban in Toronto. How would you help the cities with the provice against? - we will work with everyone to allow citys to ban handguns. Many conservatives thing we should weaken gun laws. We should listen to john tory and other. We will work with them and provinces to help them get what they are asking for.
