Canada Defers UN Firearm Marking Regulations Again

By AmmoLand Editor Duncan Johnson

Canada –-(Ammoland.com)- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and PSM Ralph Goodale did something right. They followed the lead of former Prime Ministers Paul Martin and Stephen Harper and delayed the UN Firearms Marking Regulations until December 31, 2018. This marks the third consecutive Canadian government to defer these regulations and the second Liberal government to do so since Paul Martin, who deferred immediately after he brought in the regulations in 2004.

For the past 13 years, the CSSA and the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association (CSAAA), the firearm industry group that lobbies on behalf of hunting and shooting in Canada, worked hard to educate successive governments about the dangers of the UN Firearms Marking Regulations.

First and foremost, it’s an expensive proposition that will damage the Canadian domestic firearms market and related businesses.

As we’ve said many times, the UN Firearm Marking Regulations were postponed for 13 consecutive years by 3 separate governments for one simple reason. No government wanted to be responsible for severely damaging a legitimate Canadian industry.

The CSAAA estimated the total cost to apply “CA 17” to an individual firearm could be as high …Read the Rest

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