Firearms Group Legally Challenges Canadian Gun Ban

By Ben Philippi

A collection of guns including a Ruger Mini-14, bottom, which is banned in Canada as of May 1, 2020, and a Mossberg 500 series 12-gauge shotgun, top,  which could be banned as well. (Photo: Ben Philippi/Guns.com)
On Wednesday, the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights (CCFR) officially launched a charter challenge of the government’s ban on “military-style assault weapons.”
The Liberals rushed the ban with an order-in-council from the cabinet, not through legislation. The group believes the ban is a wrongful deprivation of liberty arising from an improper exercise of legislative power.
They refer to section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that states, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice.”
“The government, in an entirely arbitrary and irrational way, has created legislation that will deprive us of our property and our freedom to live as we wish, on pains of incarceration for failing to comply,” said Rod Giltaca, CEO and executive director of the CCFR.
The CCFR has attained a lawyer who specializes in such challenges and acknowledges that it will be an uphill battle.
Opposition to the ban has been fierce. On

Source: Guns.com