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Gun laws 32 years after the École Polytechnique mass shooting

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Can You Legally Buy a Gun in Canada?

Liberal government has termed assault weapons, and what a lot of gun owners would rather call modern sporting rifles or black rifles. You can't buy them any more at all. All other guns, it's still pretty much wide open, within certain limits. Even for a non restricted rifle, you have to get a pal license, a possession an acquisition license. If you want a restricted firearm, that includes most hand guns and a number of different other firearms,. And that requires a many hours of education in a classroom.

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