Gun Control Bill Placing ‘Overwhelming’ Burden on Firearm Owners Instead of Criminals: AB Firearms Chief

Alberta’s chief firearms officer says Bill C-21 is premised on forbidding ‘specific types of firearms’ rather than being focused on curbing crime.

Hunting rifles and shotguns at a gun store in Toronto, in a file photo. Kevin Frayer/The Canadian Press

The Liberals’ gun control bill burdens fall “overwhelmingly on already heavily regulated law-abiding firearms owners,” instead of the criminals who commit violent crimes, Alberta’s Chief Firearms Officer Teri Bryant told senators at a Senate committee Monday.

The Standing Committee on National Security, Defence, and Veterans Affairs heard from various officials about the feds’ gun control Bill C-21 on Oct. 23.