- We will ban all military-style assault rifles, including the AR-15;
- We will work with the provinces and territories to give municipalities the ability to further restrict — or ban — handguns; and
- We will protect the rights of law-abiding hunters and pledge not to bring back the long-gun registry. Hunters do not use or need assault weapons.
We will also take concrete steps — in partnership with our law enforcement agencies — to strengthen gun control.
- We will prevent people suspected of posing a danger to themselves or others — including their partners or kids — from possessing or acquiring new firearms;
- We will require that everyone importing ammunition must show proof of a valid firearms license; and
- We will make it harder for legal weapons to fall into the hands of criminals, by further strengthening safe-storage laws.
Over the last four years, our government took strong action to reduce gun violence:
- We reversed the gun laws introduced by Stephen Harper that made it easier to purchase and transfer a weapon;
- We started requiring firearm retailers to conduct more extensive background checks; and
- We gave provinces and territories more resources to combat gun and gang violence, by investing nearly $330 million through our comprehensive, national Guns and Gangs Strategy.