Firearms Groups Appeal Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Gun Ban

The appeal was submitted on grounds that the Federal Court committed an error by rejecting claims that federal gun legislation breached various charter rights.

Rifles and shotguns on display in an Ottawa hunting store, in a file photo. Jonathan Hayward/CP Photo

Canadian gun rights advocates have submitted an appeal to the Federal Court’s decision in which it dismissed multiple lawsuits against the Liberal government’s May 2020 ban on more than 1,500 firearms.

The appeal was filed on Nov. 29 by the Canadian Coalition for Firearms Rights (CCFR) along with several firearms dealers and gun owners after Justice Catherine Kane ruled on Oct. 30 that the government had not exceeded its authority granted by Parliament by bringing forth the ban.