Banning Firearms Through Bill C-21 Impacts Training of Those Required to Carry a Gun at Work: Active Duty Officers

Banning Firearms Through Bill C-21 Impacts Training of Those Required to Carry a Gun at Work: Active Duty Officers
Armed police respond to an incident in Montreal in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
Marnie Cathcart
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Some active duty officers say that if the Liberal government’s Bill C-21 is passed, it will impact officers who use their off-duty time to go to the range and keep their training up to par using privately licensed firearms.

A military veteran and former infantry soldier who had been stationed in Afghanistan says the legislation will affect “every peace officer, police officer, soldier, armoured car driver, or anyone else who uses handguns or semi-automatic rifles/carbines in their line of work.”