Yeah, no question this sucks. And, as noted above, most Canadians did not voted for this guy. In my experience as a Canadian handgun owner since the mid-1980s, most Canadians are pretty neutral about handguns, and a significant portion are quite interested when they find out I’m an owner. But, when the Minister responsible for this bill stated with a straight face that this law did not target legal gun owners most Canadians took that at face value since they weren’t affected. Of course, a new law that bans the sale of legal handguns to legal owners specifically targets them.
I’m closer to the end of my shooting days than I am to their beginning, and my collection is in pretty good shape, especially given what I’ve picked up since this was announced earlier this Spring, but I feel bad for those just trying to get into handgun ownership.