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By Tim Naumetz. Published on Apr 12, 2021 5:50pm
Guns turned over to police in Waterloo, Ont., during their November 2017 gun-amnesty program (Waterloo Regional Police Service/ Twitter)
Reports that the governing Liberals plan to beef up a regime to monitor and control semi-automatic rifles — which were prohibited in a sweeping ban last year — are being panned by both sides in the ongoing battle between firearm owners and gun-control advocates.
After Ottawa was severely criticized for backtracking new legislation last February that would allow gun owners to keep their firearms locked up at home and unusable, the Canadian Shooting Sports Association has reported inside information about new proposals that include firearm-lockup systems monitored by police.