EXPLAINER: Which Guns Can Canadians Still Own and Purchase After Bill C-21 Becomes Law?

EXPLAINER: Which Guns Can Canadians Still Own and Purchase After Bill C-21 Becomes Law?
Hunting rifles and shotguns at a gun store in Toronto in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Kevin Frayer
Matthew Horwood
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With Bill C-21 passing the House of Commons and going to the Senate, Canada could soon see what Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino calls “the most significant gun control legislation in Canada in a generation.”

The legislation, known as “An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments,” proposes a series of amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code, Firearms Act, and other federal legislation in order to fulfill the Liberal government’s commitments on gun control.