Posted June 18, 2015 9:20 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

Canadian Shooting Sports Association
Canadian Shooting Sports Association

Canada – -(Ammoland.com)- The Harper government’s legislation to rid Canada of some bureaucratic burdens inherent in the Firearms Act is a welcome step in the right direction for responsible firearms owners.

The Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA) has been working with the Conservative party for many years to achieve increasing degrees of firearms fairness. Tony Bernardo, executive director of the CSSA, says the new legislation has been a long time coming.

“This is another significant step forward and a cause for celebration among all responsible firearms owners,” says Bernardo. “

We have spent many long hours on Parliament Hill and C-42 addresses several irritating stones in the shoes of lawful gun owners. When this government stands to reject legislation designed only to harass the law-abiding, every Canadian should rejoice in the new-found fairness and freedom for sports shooters and hunters.”

Bernardo, a long-time adviser to the federal government, said while the firearms community stands to win from the new bill, the bill is a progressive move for all Canadians. He notes that taxpayers have long paid for two almost identical licensing systems and hundreds of thousands of handwritten transport permits that did nothing.

Bernardo states, ” Even the …read more

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