Grace Periods, Guns & Gangs and the Liberal Government’s Agenda

By Ammoland Editor Joe Evans

USA -(Ammoland.com)- The first announcement was the (almost) unexpected gazetting of Section 14 of the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act (CSFLA) (C-42), which implemented a 6-month grace period for expired firearms licences. We say unexpected because the Trudeau Liberals campaigned against Bill C-42 during the 2015 federal election.

The second announcement doled out $327 million to police and border services to combat illegal guns and gangs. We support this initiative – albeit with one important caveat – the money is actually spent on efforts targeting criminal gangs and those who commit violent acts with firearms, and NOT targeting licenced, law-abiding firearm owners.

Six-Month Grace Period:

Implementing a 6-month grace period to protect gun owners from prosecution while their licence renewal is processed was a key element of the Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act. Liberals attacked this relentlessly while in opposition yet, on November 2, 2017, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government officially implemented this section. It appears they got the message that prosecuting people for paperwork infractions is a waste of everyone’s time and resources, and we’re pleased to see this grace period implemented.

Effective November 30, 2017, anyone whose firearms licence expires from that …Read the Rest

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