Seems some gun owners and the like wanted to make it easier to buy the gun. Rights, hunting, and all.
They even signed an e-petition (which I didn’t even know we had) for the federal government to look at. In fact over 25,000 signed it.
Currently the gun and others like it are in a “restricted class”
gun owners must have a restricted firearms licence and are only supposed to use them for specified purposes, such as target shooting at an approved club or range.
Today, the current government said no. Won’t even look at changing the rules. Will leave it up to the police to decide how guns are classified — and not politicians.
Story
e-petition
https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-111