Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has said the country is banning the use and trade of assault-style weapons immediately. Mr Trudeau cited numerous mass shootings in the country including the killing of 22 people in Nova Scotia on April 18 and 19. Mr Trudeau has said the government was on the verge of bringing in stricter gun control legislation in March, but halted plans when the pandemic hit. Mr Trudeau noted he was nearby in Montreal when a gunman killed 14 women and himself at Montreal’s Ecole Polytechnique college in 1989. “There is no use, and no place, for such weapons in Canada,” he said.

Source: Irish Independent May 01, 2020 16:21 UTC